the daydream fund challenge thread

choille

Hi Maggie - maybe we are the way we are coz of the fuzzy felt.:rotfl:

Sparrow hawks are like arrows - incredibly fast. Nature in the raw out at the bird feeders sometimes.

The wee birds are around the hens, getting the spilt grain & bread & scraps too. I usually buy a sack of seeds for about £10 - much cheaper than buying little bags of it. I can feed it to the hens too.

Up at a neighbours yesterday with her shopping we'd brought her - on her doorstep she had a polysterene box with seeds in & a bowl of water = also she'd made a fat block with some fat & seeds & raisins & some deer fat from around the kidneys. Those birds, and there are a load in her garden, are really well catered for.

We've had quite a quick thaw today & the mole hills that have appeared in the top field is amazing.
Supposed to get really cold again.:eek:

alfie_1

choille wrote: »

Hi Maggie - maybe we are the way we are coz of the fuzzy felt.:rotfl:

Sparrow hawks are like arrows - incredibly fast. Nature in the raw out at the bird feeders sometimes.

The wee birds are around the hens, getting the spilt grain & bread & scraps too. I usually buy a sack of seeds for about £10 - much cheaper than buying little bags of it. I can feed it to the hens too.

Up at a neighbours yesterday with her shopping we'd brought her - on her doorstep she had a polysterene box with seeds in & a bowl of water = also she'd made a fat block with some fat & seeds & raisins & some deer fat from around the kidneys. Those birds, and there are a load in her garden, are really well catered for.

We've had quite a quick thaw today & the mol hills that have appeared in the top field is amazing.
Supposed to get really cold again.:eek:

the snow has not altered here today except it has become compacted ice wherever a car/human has flattened it! so may be dodgy tomorow... my birds are queing up in the morning for thier food. made it to scats to stock up on fat balls, was going to try and make my own [getting lard/suet??] im getting up to 6 robins [rubbish they dont get on! think only in the breeding season they get territorial?] iv got 4 spotted woodpeckers, nuthatches, wrens! and all the tit family plus all sorts of finches.
i have a nuthatch that is driving me mad pecking at something on my big upstairs bay window sill...?? no idea what its doing but it DOES IT early every morning?
i have a dozy wood pidgeon that keeps flying into the chook pen [like a large aviary 20ftx10ft, thier night time pen with thier shed in,wired roof] but doesnt have the sense to find the door way out?? so i have to shoo it out each night!
iv chopped a stack of wood, filled the indoors cupboard and stacked load in the verandah. probably snow will go now iv done all this!!:o
im sat by my fire now and am trying to gear up to go and have a bath....
me thinks another cup of yorkshire first tho !
hope you all are safe and warm

alfie_1

is it just me or has anyone else noticed that even on "cleared" roads, drivers are driving slower and indicating and generally being responsible ??.......YET in good weather they dont indicate, drive fast and are irresponsible ??......guess its thier precious cars and insurance costs rather than other peoples safety that is uppermost in thier minds or am i being cynical!!
just wish they would stick to safe driving all the time not just cos its naff weather!

ukmaggie45

choille wrote: »

Hi Maggie - maybe we are the way we are coz of the fuzzy felt.:rotfl:

LOL, suspect that's true! In which case I will make very certain the Twins are exposed!

Just watching the Edwardian Farm, really started me thinking about my family tree stuff again. Maternal Grandmother was a Lady's Maid, travelled to Europe with her, then married the local to the house baker (in Wales), my Grandfather. She was from England, so never really made friends as she didn't speak Welsh.

Just loving all the ways to polish wood, and leather too.

alfie_1

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

sorry but i am having a really POO couple of days...

head in shed etc, so havent been to work...so sorry for not 'joining in' in the weather talk...

there is free listing on ebay this weekend ( cant use turbo lister etc)

so i think i will take full advantage of it, and list a few things...to see if i can get a few more pennies in :rotfl:

been really griped with I'm a celeb....so will def have withdrawel symptons after saturday when it finishes.....:eek: but never mind corrie is on every night next week.......flip how sad am I ..:rotfl:

i know this sounds daft but iv been watching what IS selling on e-bay at the mo and its SHEEPSKIN COATS !! reaching good money, now in the local charity shops are a lot of these, if you can find some bargains i think you could make yourself some good money [dont mean to sound patronising, sorry] if its REAL sheepskin,modernish coats are fetching £40 plus, some up to a £100+.
the other is BOOTS! flatties, leather/suede/sheepskin averaging £20+
hope this may help

alfie_1

this picture was sent to me from my trip to morrocco in october! i used to make a hole in the top of the wheat roll, add water then feed it to this donkey that was always near the square....... see! madwoman abroad aswell !!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

alfie_1 wrote: »

i know this sounds daft but iv been watching what IS selling on e-bay at the mo and its SHEEPSKIN COATS !! reaching good money, now in the local charity shops are a lot of these, if you can find some bargains i think you could make yourself some good money [dont mean to sound patronising, sorry] if its REAL sheepskin,modernish coats are fetching £40 plus, some up to a £100+.
the other is BOOTS! flatties, leather/suede/sheepskin averaging £20+
hope this may help

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!! flip i get a few of them in a week....:eek: better list some quick before the snow and frost goes......lol...

COOLTRIKERCHICK

well its been piddling it down all night, but its 'cold rain' hubby has gone up to work for a few hours, and he has just phoned to say the roads are really bad..... water on top and ice underneath, cars sliding everywhere.. people thinking there is no ice on the road, and its like glass.....

so best thing to do for me is to stay in and not go to work;):D

Davesnave.... have you finished reading yet.....

going to have a cuppa and then start getting stuff ready to put on ebay.... really do need to get some extra pennies quick...

talking of pennies.. think i will start emptying the loose change jar, there should be a bob or two in there....:rotfl:

lostinrates

Lethal here too. The icerink out the front is a good two inches thick....but the first ungritted yard is a mixture of running water and black ice. Yeah, running water. Only one pipe and at a joint though. It took us ages to chip through the ice to get to the mains to switch it off

alfie_1

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!! flip i get a few of them in a week....:eek: better list some quick before the snow and frost goes......lol...

a "designer" coat has just sold for £200 so get going !! sheepskin [real] hats, like hoods with the hanging pom poms on strings either side are fetching £15 + . OLD hand embroidered panels do well also. not tableclothes etc but the ones from fireguards or cushions but the finer the stitchwork the better!
p.s.
if you get your hand on any of the old 70s/80s hippy style hairy fur coats they are REALLY in demand. bohemian style? afghans!
FREE LISTING THIS WEEKEND