A very sunny day!!!

Rumblings afoot that the weather may be improving as I write this post I find that very hard to beleive, suddenly from nowhere that awful drizzly mist appeared and once again my view has disappeared. I was going to post last night but I had a very traumatic experience whilst shopping in Truro yesterday, they had a book signing by the very magnificent Francesco Da Mosto - maybe not everybodies cup of tea but I certainly went up the escalator more than once just to look! Good job hubby puts up with my little quirks, some men may have got a bit jealous but not him maybe one day I post a photo of him. The builder wasn't impressed I forget to collect the tiles for the barn kitchen, went back to tile shop who "expected me much earlier" builder had rang him to say why I had been late! I took a bit of a ribbing - all good fun.

More caravaners arrived yesterday out of the blue which is good as most people seem rained off, we also had a chap come by on a recommendation and booked his pitch for next year. Great stuff. Can't beleive children go back to school 2 weeks tomorrow what an awful summer we have had. At least being in Cornwall we can go to the beach after school if the weather is nice and we do that a lot. I hope the weather is nice as tomorrow is Fowey Regatta when the red arrows fly past we were hoping to go, off to the poly tunnel to pick toms and tidy up.

Happy Birthday to me.

Well 37 again! Maybe not! Hubby took me out for a lovely breakfast, it was last time we went but this time - not so good. We have found that a few times people setting themselves up in cafe or farmshops, receive funding from different agencies, do the bare minimum to get the money and then the standard drops. It is such a shame when that happens, some people go on the basis that people may go to eat once and if all fails they won't go again but money will have been spent and next year new holiday makers will try a coffee shop and if no good won't go again and so the pattern continues. Folk make enough money to live and don't see the point of making improvements. Maybe a year older has made me more synical! So today I can do what I like it's my day I received 3 wooden mushrooms to put near the pond really lovely, piccie once in situe.
Walking the donkeys this afternoon and later cooking Duck, my favorite, although not one of our own ducks - sounds bizarre couldn't eat one of mine.
Cake will be profiteroles, my favorite dessert. Funny really when it's some other member of the family birthday I cook their favorite meal and they choose a cake the only difference is I have to shop and cook for my birthday, well at least it's edible! Of course plenty of wine tonight.
And a very special day 20 year old has A level results and she is going to uni, really pleased for her, but boy will I miss her she hasn't been away from home before, redid her A levels when we moved to Cornwall so I have been lucky to have her around for a little longer than usual.
Nearly got the photo thing sorted so good day all round. Thank you Vera for having me!

Yet another girls night out!

Just like a bus, you don't see any for ages and then they all turn up at once. A bit like a girls night out, none for two years and now I am out again tonight. Getting a lift there and back, daughter finishes work in pub and will collect mother on her way past. Wonderful, just about to shower and get ready i'm supplying the cornish yarg and the stinking bishop! That and plenty of wine, The rain has continued and the euopean visitors left early to travel to The Eden Project and onwards, towards Lands End, hope they can see with all this mist and don't fall off at the end....

We helped them fix their bike rack and towed them off the camping area, they were grateful and supplied us with a German bottle of Red wine, we will keep and drink at a later date. Been watching one of the broody rhode island red hen, she nudges eggs under her chin and manages to get 3 or more in same roosting nest, that surprises me as they are at least 2 foot off the ground I am going to hide and see how she does it. Does my life get more exciting than this.

And so the rain continues....

It has been an interesting few days, we hatched some eggs over the last few weeks only 1 phesant survived, a duck hatched but later on died. When we first got into all this incubation stuff a lady did say be prepared for deadstock - it has to be when you have livestock. It's sad but we are learning from our mistakes, like for instance, when one of the builders was doing a job for a poultry fancier, he gave the builder some eggs - he passed them onto us, thanks said hubby straight into the incubator 21 days later 3 of the 6 eggs began to hatch, we now have 3 fluffy smokey coloured yellow bellied chickens! Haven't a clue what they are, hubby chatted to builder said 3 had hatched of the 6, builder said those eggs were for eating! Not sure what poultry fancier man would say about hatching his prize fowl! oops.

On another note we have recenly registered and become a Caravan Club CL, 5 caravans allowed waste and water facilities available, no showers no toilet. So things ticking over bookings coming in and bookings going out - too much rain slippery grass cars getting stuck not good for business, one such campervaner came looking for us round the house peered into downstairs room, meanwhile my 20 year old daughter getting changed doing hair and make-up all wihtout tee-shirt on, knock at front door nice european gentleman needs some help with bikes, he was very wet we offered cup of tea, daughter comes out of bedroom which is off kitchen and gentleman apologized for looking into her room but claimed it was a nice sight! Daughter very embarrassed, but will get over it, the joys of country living and running a holiday business, so time to don the mac and wellies and go egg collecting... and so the rain continues.

Romany eat your heart out!

Well I think I have looked at every possible 2 bed caravan available to buy, I know I won't be sleeping in it, but is it a woman thing? It has to be able to be cleaned without thinking really it needs gutting, surfaces that have no burn marks or cuts on them or stains, etc etc, Get the picture? Well we seemed to have struck a deal, it will be delivered last week of August ready for a clean-up and move in, I suppose I got a little worried when Hubby spat on his palm and shook on the deal! Where does he think he is, maybe is was being in the caravan- turned him into a bit of a dealer. He thinks he got a bargain as the seller has offered to buy it back at 50% reduction when we have finished in 6 months time. Watch this space I shall take photos for when its delivered it should be worth recording! Feel today a bit of a wasted day, wanted to weed and just stay at home but worked out we had children needed picking up dropping off and Hubby helping a friend move some furniture, that has to be done at night because the village roads will be too busy to park and get furniture during the day, Hubby back much later - parting shot- what's for T!! Men and their tummys!
Well put ducks and chickens to bed feel like i have cheated on tea, pizza, burgers not even home made . Its just been one of those days and it's raining again - more and more weeds before i even have chance to clear the ones already there. At least with the rain the donkeys stay in one place - the stable, much easier for poo collecting in the morning, it does take a while to collect 14 poos if they are wandering all over there paddock.

Tomorrow hopefully less rain more jobs, you may not think so but i do enjoy this life.

Holidays are to be endured not enjoyed!

Well children broke up last week and already bored. Tried giving jobs out but all they want to do is either play footy, shop or go to the beach! Seriously it is really hard to entertain the family when there are so many jobs that need to be done. Hubby still driving the dumper or digger for the builders, which is fine, however that leaves me to automatically become taxi for daughter oh and walking cash machine and the boys just want a childrens entertainer!
I good friend came to stay last week for a few days it was just how i imagine it would be to have an au pair, he cooked, entertained and his son was a joy, now it's back to me.

I suppose things wouldn't normally bother me but tomorrow we go and choose a caravan which we will be using for partial cooking and sitting in two of the children will be sleeping in it whilst hubby myself and youngest child will be sleeping in one of the newly converted barns. Sounds good but winter will be here and there is no cover between barn and caravan, i also have to pack up the house yet again. We packed everything up January 2006 when we moved to Cornwall most of my stuff is still packed up and stored in the cow-shed i suppose if i haven't missed things in two and half years i can't possibly need them now. My wardrobe consists of one hanging rail i seem to wear the same old uniform, shorts, polos and fit flops or shorts polos and wellies so ball gowns redundant in cow-shed and for now i really don't miss that look.

So i need to motivate my children to poo pick for horse and donkeys, weed the veggies, collect the eggs to sell at the end of the drive. An ideal life i think i would have thought i was in heaven if i had grown up with donkeys and chickens, but this is our dream not theirs and at least they don't moan about being here.