Another day another puddle...

Two new little chicken chicks in the incubator.

 We have now been home for a month and during that time we have had five days on which we have not had rain, that's including today.  Thank heavens for small mercies, at least it hasn't turned into the biblical forty days day job.

Possibly the ugliest shower in the world.

Been busy again this week in number one sons new domicile.  I think by the end of next week we should have all the areas they need to live in cleaned and decorated.  This week has been taken up primarily by the master bedroom and touching into the bathroom.  When we stripped off seventy years of paper we discovered that there were alcoves surrounding a chimney breast, so it was decided to get rid of the false walls blocking them up and add some shape and character to the room.  Today Sandra and I have just finished papering and glossing it and it all looks very nice now.

The bathroom has the oldest and ugliest shower imaginable in it, although it works so it's staying at least for the time being.

Front bedroom with it's alcoves revealed.

 Gary got some eggs off the internet for a rare breed of chicken, at the moment only two of them seem to have hatched out but another three look like they have a developed chick inside them so give them another couple of days perhaps.  Anyway keeping Finley off the chicks is a major issue now, I think he is trying to develop early parenting skills.  I wonder if the eggs from rare hens taste any better than the ones from good old Rhode Island Reds!

Three of the four Girls in my life!

Went to look after Melissa and Jessica last night and combined it with Libby's visit to the doctors surgery.  It's not very often that we get to be with all the girls at one time and none of the boys.  They all got stuck into a bit of domestic science in Fiona's kitchen, well what else are girls for!! :-)  That's going to cost me dearly I'll bet!