Daydream fund challenge part 4

choille

I think it's a called the Stockholm syndrome - well, sort of. It is worrying that they haven't rebelled - the kids - but if they have been kept down then they will be probably unable to. It's very sad.

On the other hand I do know that kids, teenagers are being diagnosed with all sorts of 'disorders' & prescribed seriously heavy drugs. In the past they would just say they were being teenagers - which they are. I know one woman who sought to get her 2 year old grandchild diagnosed with ADHD and they are now on Ritilin. It's quite a strange world out there.
But good on you alerting the authorities - I do hope that things do change for those kids and it is not too late.

Davesnave

Stockholm Syndrome.....knew there was a term. Couldn't think of it. Thanks.

Not to be confused with Stockholm tar, of course!

choille

The neighbour's daughter at 17 had to ask her dad each day to pick what she wore. It was the Mother who made her ask him. It was just too weird.

Sunny here but decidedly cooler again. Off into Ullapool.

alfie_1

hiya peeps


well it is still scorching here ! grass is starting to yellow... I remember the "drought" of 76 here and my field then was like tumbleweed territory...
ground id so hard , some of the ponies are getting a bit lame .. trouble is the fields got so rutted with hoof holes in the wet weather , then we intended to roller and harrow it but have just not had the rain to soften it up...
put them all on the flattest field we have which hasn't too much grass on it !


been doing a recki on what I can sell to raise dolly funds ... actually quite surprised myself as to what I have squirelled away !


ted the tawny owl is off to tawny rehab tomorrow ...to learn to be an owl ! then hopefully released back into this area ..


bimble my jack, is such a grumpy old man now ! its hard work when he doesn't think he wants to do something..its like watching a funeral procession when I try and get him to do anything !!
well im off to top up the koi pond...levels are dropping
then water the garden...again !


hope you've all had a good weekend

Davesnave

Scorchio! :cool: 27c here yesterday.....and allegedly hotter today.

The hay's cut, turned and dry, so being baled today. That's another job done. Pete's pleased with the cut and the lack of weeds.

We decided to take a break and visit another garden at the weekend, which was comforting, because, like us, they were suffering with the heat and the weeds. This one, deep in the Mid-Devon countryside, took a bit of finding, but it's well worth a visit if anyone's in the area:

https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/25097/

There's a small nursery attached which specialises in ground covering shade plants/bog plants:

http://lewiscottageplants.co.uk/

We only bought two!

Loved the planting in the woodland and very envious of the pond and boat, complete with Fortnum & Mason hamper!

Davesnave

31 bales.:beer:





Record was 34, but not such good quality as these.:D

DaftyDuck

Well, tomorrow is Royal Norfolk Show. I was up ten days ago, and the huge showground was empty, apart from the permanent buildings, and some tiny event in the distance. No idea what, didn't have binoculars!

I went up this Sunday to check the marquee we have for the rare breed show, and the showground was looking occupied, dozens of huge white marquees all looking smart, a few vast tractors arriving - and the grass was green. Today, with final preparations, it's already dry and dusty, and the grass is mainly dead. But, the showground is alive and buzzing. Quietly so, not like a show day, but there was activity everywhere, right down to a brand-new gazillion pound tractor having its caterpillar tracks first dusted, then repainted black! Overkill, or what?

This morning the marquee was chaos, a disorganised mess. By lunchtime, all the animal pens were up, labelled, tidy. The show ring was sorted, and we were in business. By three, we were loading with animals, cattle first, then pigs, with the more easily-managed sheep and goats coming in around five. Poultry was up on the tables by about seven pm, and I thought I ought to have a bit of lunch!

It was that busy, not least the rare breeds are set up on the south east corner, the smallholders stand is north east, and the wildlife trust is north west... and it was soooo hot! I may not have eaten, but I did get through three litres of water during the day. Anyway, we are done! I wish I was allowed a bicycle!

Busy now, laminating the last few labels, a few for extra animals, a few name changes... but nothing major. The animals are all bedded down, and the showground is pretty quiet. It's wonderfully atmospheric, wandering past the animal pens... then tripping over a drunken corpse...

Anyway, I had one shower at eight, but I need another one before bed, if only to relieve aching muscles.

Tomorrow is going to be long, hard, and hot. We hit 29 degrees today, and tomorrow is hotter. Thursday will be ... interesting!

By late Thursday night, everything, bar the marquee itself, will be gone, we will be back on our sleepy little farm, and peace and quiet will resume their normal course.

I'm looking forward to the show opening tomorrow, but I'm really looking forward to the quiet solitude of Friday!

Other things have happened here, some progress made, a few steps backwards as well.... I haven't been good at updating... apologies. After the next two days, it will be a good week before I have re-hydrated enough to type, at a guess!

I wonder how many more animals I can fit on my little farm? Now, Castlemilk Moorit, they are lovely....

Davesnave

Good luck with your animals at the show, Dafty.....well, maybe not luck, because they'll be the best, but it's getting the judges to see that which is so difficult, especially when 'cuddlesome' isn't part of the breed descriptors!

Davesnave

The searing hot weather continues......:cool: I'm here typing this because I tried to do more digging etc today and ended-up feeling ill. It'll pass, so I'll be able to get out later, but then it will be watering time, which takes ages, so very little's getting done.

Hope Dafty + animogs are OK in their marquee in all this heat. :eek:

The plants don't like it either. We've had an outbreak of spider mite...outdoors. Luckily, I still have plenty of an acaricide once used in the strawberry business, and that sees the little b*ggers off in one application. Nothing one might buy today is even half as effective

I have just removed all details relating to an issue close to home, just in case.

Regarding that, Home Ed are going to do something, but they can't tell us what it is. Social services have just called to say the situation is not 'above their threshold for action.'

So there we are. Much as expected, but the lady I spoke to revealed that there is 'interdepartmental liaison,' or to put it another way, a person keeping half an eye on things.

Won't say any more. Done me duty etc.:undecided

DaftyDuck

Well, all done and dusted... maybe not the latter, it was very dusty by the end. All the animals were fine, and we got a good cooling draught through the marquees by raising and lowering side panels. Kept them cool, made us sweat like heck! Good weather meant vast number of visitors, most could even tell the difference between a cow and a pig!

Happiest dealing with the animals and avoiding the public, so best times were when the masses had gone. Wind-down was smooth, animals shifted to their homes without incident, despite the heat, marquee stripped bare, tidied away, ready to come out at another show elsewhere.

Got up at five this morning to wander on the farm, look at the peaceful gits snoozing and grazing, all enjoying the cool morning air. Catch up on all the outstanding jobs today (hah... well, some might get done, but very few, at a guess), and get some sleep.

Talk at the show seemed to revolve around the heat and drought, worries about lack of grazing. It's at such times I'm so glad I have a water meadow (bright green, happily growing at the moment) and the lower fields border the river. The higher ones are bone dry, and the grass crumbles to the touch.

Anyway, sleep deprived ramblings... all went well, animals happy, snooze required, or more coffee...