Windy night

There was this lovely old apple tree in the garden opposite.

The mistletoe loved it, we loved looking out on it.

The mistletoe killed it before Christmas.

The wind took it last night...





And this morning while all was blowing outside, Logan decided that he didn't want to sleep alone...

Poor Trig, now he cant even sleep in peace.

Good job Lola was sleeping elsewhere otherwise there would have been a fight....

Kids

The kittens have settled in well.

Trigger has made a new friend, Logan does like to run under his belly, and there is lots of licking going on.

Trig tries to spend quality time in his bed asleep, and doesn't even wake up when a kitten falls on his head..






Lola has developed into a relaxed cat.

Unfortunately not long after this was taken her brother decided that he wanted to be on the top of the tower as well...

There is just about enough space for them both on the 'bed' but they are growing very fast.

They had their second injections today, and found their voices yesterday.


And the chickens are also doing well - there is no thing they enjoy more than a cob of corn in a brick.

Within five minutes there is just the husk left.

I have been doing some knitting recently. I was going to be good and update rav with details but I've got my yahoo id's locked, so animal photos will be it for a while.....

Squares for Ursula

For the knitters out there please can you spare an evening to knit a square for a blanket for an old lady in Ireland. She lost her house and everything in it following a gorse fire on Saturday.
All the details are here

Neil is suffering from his hospital painkillers wearing off, his neck is giving him quite a lot of pain, and it looks like the scar is itching (which is a good sign of healing). Staples out tomorrow afternoon, so I get to see the scar then (it's about 4 inches long). He is more mobile and managing to use the new water boiler without any assistance.

The dog had his injection yesterday, I was told the wrong thing by the vet on Saturday, it last 3/4 weeks and it's effects are more or less instant. He wanted to go a lot last night only for 5 or 10 minutes, but it seemed like it was every 30 minutes...
This morning we were up at 6, back from his walk at 7. I went back to sleep and he didn't wake us until about 11 when he wanted company.

I'm still suffering from lack of sleep, the last few months have caught up with me. I'm hoping that after a lot more mornings of sleep I should be feeling a lot better.

Dog Solution

The dog is being chemically castrated on Tuesday afternoon.
it will take a few days to take effect, but will last for 6 months and only cost about £30.
Neil does not know yet....

Anyone want a dog ?

The dog has got to the constant howling phase of 'dog next door in season'. I tried taking him on an extra long walk this morning in the hope that he would sleep, but it didn't work.... I am sitting here with the cat on my feet listening to an awful noise, I just hope he falls asleep soon and gets himself some rest, I cant be doing with this all day...

Neil had a better night last night, his dressing was dry today (he had a leaking something yesterday that they had to put a stitch in) so the surgeon said he may be released tomorrow.

He's told me not to go and visit today, instead I have to sort out the house and do some house work so he can walk round without falling over too much stuff - those that know me will realise just how difficult that is for me, coupled with the fact I have been getting up at 6am for weeks....