Dry stone wall geeks

Saturdays are usually a day for the weekly shop, a massive cooked breakfast at Sainsburys and a long walk on the beach. It is a day for Chris to "come down" after his busy week stretching his brain to excess at the University, and is also a day that I usually don't have to cook anything! (I am not the best of cooks!- but I can bake).
Anyhow when I returned to the field to check on the stock, Steve (above) had already started on the Herculean job of preparing the foundation of the repair of the Church wall. I have said before, he is going to teach me how to dry stone wall, but I guess he couldn't quite resist getting stuck in.
He figures that the original wall was constructed in the 1700's, and when I asked him what would be our course of action if we come across a skull or a pair of feet from the ancient Graveyard as we continue our repairs.... he wryly stated
"we stop!"

Tonight is a night in with lasagna and a movie. We are watching Inglourious Basterds, which I will review tomorrow (I hope Alex, Bel and Victor H will review it too!!!)

I have been given three young Rhode Island Red's from a friend in the village. Which was a awfully nice thing for her to do! The young girls will help plug the hole left by the fox attack two weeks ago!, and I will pick them up on Wednesday.

Guilty Pleasures & reorganisation

There was another burial in the churchyard this morning, so leaving the gravedigger and his lorry parked on the field, I went to Prestatyn to complete some jobs for Chris and to walk the dogs. Chris' moped broke down on the way to work today at 6.45am, but our phone is not working properly so didn't ring when he called for assistance! Subsequently he had to get my sister and her husband out to help him as I slumbered!Suffice to say he was not happy!! hey ho!

Now today's blog is entitled Guilty Pleasures ..... and no I am not reviewing some trashy tv movie starring Elizabeth Montgomery from the 1980s (My friend Nigel would be upset that this is not the case), I am actually referring to those little treats that you afford yourself to from time to time.....
This morning was a case in point.
I lost one of the dogs' leads on the beach this morning, so I called into "Home Bargains" ( the cheap shop in Prestatyn) to buy another one. When I was waiting in line to pay I notice jars of frankfurter sausages for the knockdown coast of 49p and on impulse bought one! Now all this is not particularly interesting, I would admit...but I have to be honest when I say I am rather partial to these cheapo amalgams of offal, even if they do look like dead man's fingers!)

Sitting back inside the car at the car park, I opened the jar and gave each dog a hot dog of their own( this can be a difficult procedure as the hot dogs are slippery little buggers and are surrounded in saline)- then I sat back comfortably and chomped my way through the 6 others with great pleasure.
I even have a particular way of munching the hot dog without even holding onto it, a feat which drives the dogs wild with excitement!
The whole event was watched by an elderly couple, who were sat in the car opposite....they must of thought I was some sort of lunatic!
I thought I would list my other "guilty pleasures"

Proper coffee,
custard slices,
Judge Judy
Chopper coppers (or any other tv police reality show)
Reading "home and antiques" on the loo,
Magnum ice cream
Cinema visits in the afternoon,




Anyhow enough of all this navel gazing. This afternoon I set the buffs up together again into a small breeding group. I had originally separated Scotty ( the cockerel) from the 5 hens as their feathers and skin were in a dreadful state after being covered constantly by the old cockerel Clover ( who died last year).Now they are in tip top form and look quite beautiful, so I have decided to put the birds together so I can collect some fertilised buff eggs for the incubator and to replace the two buffs that were killed recently by the fox. Scotty (above) is a sweet natured cockerel and is not quite as rampant than Clover, so, hopefully the girls will be left unscathed. It will be nice to have some chicks again.

Anyhow the gentle pace of the day continues. I am off now to start clearing the next vegetable patch and have arranged to start repairing the foundation of the Church wall next week with Steve. I am looking forward in learning how to lay a dry stone wall

Lonely

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ is an incredibly funny blog site that displays wry. pithy and often hilarious notes left by the general public.
Tonight I noted this rather sad message left by a college student on his/her bedroom door......
and my heart broke just a little......a brief message...but it says so much.....

Trelawnyd Gop Hill

I could not resist taking this short video on the top of the Gop this morning

The Flower Show

We had the first Flower Show meeting of the year tonight at Auntie Glad's house!

and after the usual bunfight we agreed on the format for this year's show!

see: http://trelawnydflowershow.blogspot.com/

I have lots to do before the next meeting. I need to liaise with the village school mistress to organise the childrens' entries, price up yards of bunting, and organise a new cup for the "basket of vegetables " entry!

Oh the responsibility!

The pigs of Trelawnyd

As requested by my cousin Carol.

1.12 am

The mouse has been dispatched........
peace has been restored

12.42.am

I can't sleep
Albert has brought in a live mouse and the whole household (1 cat and 4 dogs) are trying to catch the poor thing somewhere in the bedroom..... I have shut the door on them and am now having a cup of tea in the living room. Upstairs the noise is more frightening than the soundtrack of any horror film! and outside the guinea fowl have started to scream for the second time.....I have bolted out to the field with the torch twice now and have seen nothing
hey ho
Thank Goodness that Chris is still away