Today

I was planning on posting about the Christmas tree today but that was this morning before something more interesting came along in the form of firemen :)

Over the road from me is a large area of what can only be called waste ground and today the land agents decided to do something about the fly tipping that's been going on but instead of doing the sensible thing and removing it the guys they hired to do the job decided to set fire to it.

So one of my neighbours called the fire bridgade out (they bet me to it)

This is just after they put it out and I wish I'd grabbed my camera earlier afterwards to show how high the flames were and how bad the smoke was

The burn area ran from where you can see it in the pic to past the end of the pic, it was big!

Mel came in my bedroom to talk to me while I watched the clear up and she lay down on my bed to play a game.

 Rosie decided that Mel looked like a comfortable place to lie down and go to sleep

She looked so content

Then this evening she did it again only to DBF this time when he lent over the sofa to talk to Mel and Dan

I'll come back tomorrow with the tree

First finishes of 2012

First up is Chrissie The Cross Stitcher.

She's an old Heritage kit that was lurking in my stash and on Aida so ideal for working on at DBF's.

Started on Dec 15 and finished Jan 3

Next is Red Dragon from Mouseloft

Started Jan 3 and finished Jan 4 he's my first Dragon on the year to be finished.

I've played in my stash and found several kits I can take to DBF's where the lighting isn't so good to work on inc some larger ones which means by the end of the year I may be able to get all my kits in one drawer again and not have them spilling over into my finishes drawer (I should of made that one of my goals for the year, it's something I've been trying to do for a couple of years!)

Trefriw Woollen Mill

We spent an afternoon in Trefriw and visited the Woollen Mill

DBF had a go at weaving (so did I but he wasn't quick enough with the camera to take a pic)

Then after a brew we did the tour of the mill

One of the shuttles being reloaded but it also shows the colour of the cloth off really well

Another bobbin being filled ready for a shuttle

Chelford Traction Engine Rally (very pic heavy)

Yesterday DBF, Mel, her DBF and I went off to a traction engine rally and had a blast.

Here's just a few of the photo's from the day

This engine has only recently been discovered and its the first time it's been out on display for 40 years

I sat watching this monkey for a while as I sat and listened to one of the organs playing

These are all animated 

Right at the end of the day Mel wanted to have a go at rock climbing so off she went 

Baby Sheep!! (pic heavy)

Mel, DBF and I went off to Reaseheath today for Lambing weekend today

We had been stood beside a pen in the main barn watching this Ewe on and off for about 10 minutes and while we were talking about another Ewe she gave birth!

We hung around for another 30 mins or so as she was carrying triplets and the others had to appear soon.

While we watched she started with the second one but something was wrong and the lamb wasn't appearing so a student jumped in and helped her give birth.

This lamb showed no sign of life so they set to work to try and save it 

Unfortunately after trying for several minutes the lamb didn't respond and it was quietly moved to the back of the pen and covered up :(

The older guy is the boss and he told about another lamb in a small pen off to the side that had also been born showing no signs of life but had responded and with a little TLC was doing extremely well.

Because Mum still had one lamb to go she was caught and helped with #3 just in case

It's a girl and boy was she loud

A few of yesterday's arrival's having a lunch time nap

We got to hold a very special lamb.

This one was born a few weeks ago (story in the link above) and is very rare as it has two different fleece's!!

Just to prove it :)

We went on to another local place after lunch but this post is long enough so I'll post about that tomorrow