Prestatyn from the top of the Hill
Some days you feel your age... for most of the the time I have a 28 year old brain in a 47 year old's body...but the body has just been feeling like that of a 60 year old over the past day or so!
This morning I walked into Prestatyn to collect the Berlingo from the station, and slip-sliding down a 1 in 4 hill in a pair of sweaty wellingtons has buggered my knees and ankles big style.
By the time I reached the bottom of the hill I resembled Douglas Bader! and I must admit I did eye one old lady's disability scooter with some envy when I finally reached the High Street
It has been a jobby sort of day, with a supermarket shop, trip to a material warehouse to buy lining for some curtains and visit to B & Q to price up curtain rails. I was over awed by the material shop ( I know as much about fabric as I do about women's underwear) so I dragged my Aunt Judy with me for some technical support!
The turkey poults are now three weeks old and they seem to be developing that slightly "ugly" look of the adult birds. Like a lovestruck mother, I do not notice any defects in my babies, I think they are just perfect and rather beautiful!.With the old weather approaching the five of them will have to stay under the heat lamp for another three weeks at least...which is worrying as the guinea fowl are due to hatch on Friday/Saturday. Brother in law ,Ned is on the case to see if any old mates of his has a spare lamp for me to hire!
Lilian, the chick I was given a couple of months ago has blossomed into a beautiful white buff lady. After feeding her and the others, and then changing the animals' water feeders, I was too knackered to do anything else.......off for a radox bath to sooth my aged bones.....I sure am getting old!
What happens when you 'do' get to be sixty John? :)
ReplyDeleteNice big hen! The turkey however, "only a mother could love" does come to mind. I'm thinking of maybe trying to get runner ducks as well as turkeys, and it is from seeing them on your blog. I used to not really like them but now I think they are cute.
runners ARE sweet but are thick as mince and dirty as pigs!!!
ReplyDeleteas for being 60! I think I will retire to a home for chicken lovers and the mentally bewildered!!
Lilian is beautiful! For some reason my imagination has her with a white lacy parasol. I've been watching too much Walt Disney.
ReplyDeleteHolly..she is a lace buff!!!
ReplyDeleteLillian has certainly grown into a pretty hen :-) I'd have put your mental aage well below 28 personally ;-)
ReplyDeleteteehee....thanks (I think)
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