A Sick Chris,Belle goes Broody, too many buns, a welcome change of plans , the Chicken course grows and a cracking blog read

Chris thinks he has swine flu....his symptoms suggest a heavy cold, but his temperature IS up, so he has gone to bed early with Miss Marple and some Night Nurse tablets that I have just brought for him.
Another day has brought forth another broody hen. This time Belle has caught the mommy bug and has found the most exposed nest in which to raise her brood! This morning, quite by accident I caught sight of her sat sternly on top of the lane wall, inches from passersby and farm traffic! and she had been there all night! Bless her! I moved her into a spare rabbit hutch complete with a new set of eggs to sit on, and she has taken to broodiness with some gusto! More mouths to feed! (sigh)

As I was moving Belle into her new safer home, one of the girls that regularly visit the pigs (as a diversion after the sad death of her mother) called around with 7 huge boxes of bread buns and cheese, which were leftovers from a village wedding! It was 8am and raining, and I was very touched by her kindness and effort! The pigs, even after the 100th bread bun thought they were in heaven!
This afternoon I made the decision not to go to Sheffield at the weekend, of course it wold be lovely to catch up with Nu , Kathryn, and Mike and Bev but all too late I realised that it clashed with my Brother''s summer party! I won't go into details why, but I think that just now, family has to come first and we are all looking forward in sharing a minibus and going up to his party en masse! Can't wait.,...Jayne (sister-in-law does LOVELY FOOD!)

Tonight was the second of my four Poultry course sessions, and I was pleased that all the "students" turned up for a second lesson. In actual fact I now have 9 participants, and all of them seem to enjoy the teaching.

I have forgotten just how enjoyable it is, having a group that really wants to learn something and as usual I also learnt just as much as I taught as a lot of the time we discussed their experiences rather than just mine. They are a nice bunch of despots!
Anyhow I will close today's blog with a nod to another highly entertaining blogweb site called PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVENOTES.COM (http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/)

This witty blog basically Chronicles the pithy, often "last chance" work based notes posted by stressed work colleagues and family in reply to minor slights and tribulations....it makes hilarious reading!

we have all been there!