Daydream fund challenge part 4

choille

Just watching a programme about Unst on Shetland & the judging of the ponies.

Such little cuties.

Glad the storm has passed for you lot down there.

alfie_1

all calm here now....hopefully stays that way


ruby has settled in ok but was a bit off with me to start with.. got her out for a walk and a good brush, she needs a good shampoo after all the rolling in the mud where she was tho... :rotfl:


sister came over from IOW today to spend time with mum till tomorrow to give me a break.. I don't begrudge looking after mum but I do get tired !


dog clipping man tomorrow... feeding 3 scruffy doggies in and out come cruft contenders :rotfl:


well I hope all you folks don't get anymore sh*t weather

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

well I hope all you folks don't get anymore sh*t weather

Just dodged some , rushing around to let the chickens out before it hit....there's a big white blob thing on the weather map here, which I suppose means sleet, as it's not cold enough for snow.

After today, it looks as if things will perk-up a little in this region, but there's still nothing wonderful predicted for the beginning week of April. I've just realised the swallows could be back in 10 days or so....

Decided to browse an old maps site last night and got a shock.....we had a footpath! :eek: It's still shown on a map from the early 1970s, but there's nothing on modern OS at all.

Having slept on it, I think it was probably never a public right of way, just a path, which fell out of use when the farm was split up. It would have cut off a corner for any worker coming from the village and it must've fallen into disuse when the large modern barns below us were built, as it passes right through them.

The council here have begun a process of reinstating some footpaths, but we weren't contacted for that. My guess is that no one thought it worthwhile; the path wouldn't lead anywhere useful, as the track which goes through the barn complex just peters out.

I_have_spoken

Had to euthanise one of my betta fishes, Lady Macbeth, today. I guess giving them names is the 1st mistake

Some sort of intestinal parasite which I'd treated before but never really eliminated so she'd been poorly for a while. As the tank was shared with Lady Penelope, need to focus on her health.

I'd be hopeless with a sentient pet...

alfie_1

sorry to hear of the demise of lady Macbeth IHS...:(


on that note ...re weird/fitting polish chick... in all the rushing around re mums injuries, it sort of sadly got put on the back burner and.... HEY PRESTO its recovered ???? I put it back in with the others and it has straightened up, kneck is straight,eating,drinking .... do you think it .....knew


mum feels she has turned a corner today... of course not literally !;) her hip, elbow and shoulder is the colour of ink ! but as the bruising is coming out then she is slowly getting more mobile


the rain came down here 4pm like so dense I had my fog lights on ! it rained solid for an hour and has now petered off a bit..


we had a better jan/feb than march !

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Morning all,

Glad the old horse lady was OK... Did you find out what happened to her car??

Had to have the vet out on bank holiday Monday.. ' big girl' her back leg from her knee down was badly swollen. And she couldn't put any weight on it. She was fine on Sunday.. And she was stumbling.. Vet came out and given her an pain killer and strong anti B's.. Injected her again yesterday with pain killer, and the anti b tomorrow ( one injection lasts 3 days).. I was crying my heat out.. As if it isn't an infection.. Then it might be a chipped bone.. . or something like that..if the anti B's don't work then...._pale__pale__pale_:(

She has slowly started putting some weight on her foot, but it could be because of the pain killer injection...

The thing is , she is a big girl, hence the name lol...plus she was one of our first pigs..

Blue skies this morning.. So fingers crossed it will be nice all day..

alfie_1

oh CTC I do hope big girl is ok ! mabel had something like that once and vet thought it was an infection from a thorn ! no poison but swollen, anti B's did the trick ....


cool day here today !


asbo mutt has decided to go down the track to friends in the mornings! I think its his protest at the 2 labs staying with me [another week to go] young lab is a tad bouncy first thing in the morning ...... asbo just goes down there till I fetch him.... artfull boooogar !

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Alfie I am soooo hoping it is that... As tbh if we could only keep one pig it would be her...

Davesnave

Hope Big Girl perks up OK, CTC. Sheep here often go lame, but they usually recover unaided. It can take a few weeks. Pete brought some mangel wurzels up for them last night, but they've just looked at them with disgust.

Pleased to hear your Mum is recovering alfie; it will make things a bit easier and less worrisome for you.

We've had the kids and grandchild, Sam, here over Easter, so progress has been a bit random...... I'm not sure if it's bonfire today or soft play! :rotfl:

Horse Woman's car is in a garage in South Somerset, CTC, but that's all I know. From an insurance POV, it's bound to be a write-off. Not much call for damaged, rusted-out, automatic W reg, Suzuki 4x4s!

choille

Glad your Mum is recovering Alfie. Hopefully she'll be less sore soon.

CTC - Hope pig is okay. If you need to slaughter & she's had AB then there is a certain amount of time that has had to elapse to be able to get the meat.
This happened to friends who had their pig treated & then[[ it[ ha[d to be put down, but as the drug would still be in the system they couldn't use it - sorry to be graphic & looking at it that way - but you will know this.

Helicopter was hanging around the top of the loch late on last night & a fire engine or ambulance went down, so must have been an accident I think.

Sorry about your Beta Fish IHS. We were in a hotel in Gairloch & they have the most amazing fish tank - a rock with loads of tunnels & turrets - like volcanic castle - almost & the planting is superb, lovely bright flashing coloured fish & it all look like an intricate undersea world.

Our local shop that shut nearly two years ago opened again yesterday & the couple who have bought it are so nice, but I don't know if it will be a success as most folks have found alternatives. They are not doing a post office so it will still be the out reach.

It's really cold & a dusting of snow again on the tops.