Chickens.....

They have really grown and the baby chicks are huge things one does look as though its a cockerel so unfortunately it will be the pot for him....not my pot but someone's the other two are laying lovely eggs and all seem happy together.

Bob managed two days at home on his way to Toulouse and he bought over some really nice goodies from Marks & Sparks......Ham and roast beef that's been put in the freezer for Christmas, prawn butty's, a few fancy ready meals and carrot cake yum yum.

My Journey......

To my French lesson is a 25 minute drive to Thiviers and what a beautiful day it was. The town of Thiviers, in the north-east of the popular Dordogne department of south-west France, is a lively and attractive rural town which has an exceptionally good organic market held on Saturdays and is were I bought my chickens. Thiviers is a great centre for the production of Foie Gras, so if you are a fan of the delicacy there can be no better place to sample it than here! Most of the journey is along these kind of roads and I pass through many pretty hamlets the building with the archway is next to the car park.

Old Sweeties

I seemed to have gone off on a tangent and found old sweeties these are just a few......How I laughed at the selection at the bottom I always liked Galaxy and used to hate fudge bars but love them now.....Happy days!!

The weather has changed the temperatures have dropped leaves are tumbling all over the place and today I lit the first log fire very autumnal . 

Strawberry tarts

2 tarts only one person hmmmmm.....



1 down yummy 1 to go

3 more

Items that we have seen evolve

I remember my dad had a huge mobile phone in his car.....I think he was a bit of a gadget man in his day

Random laughter

When remembering something......when you are just sitting or a key word sets you off this happened today! The key word being "do monkeys live here" but that's another story for another day.....today's story is....

It was a beautiful spring morning, nippy but blue skies I was on early shift at the newsagents I worked at. The daffodils were just starting to pop their heads through the grass in the little flower displays along my route, I remember thinking "oh goodie" spring is definitely on its way, there was nobody else about (or so I thought) when all of a sudden I cruckeled on my ankle the type that sends you right down not enough to fall but on staggering up I pitched forward and came face to face with a bloke clutching a pie!

did he try to catch me..no

did he say "are you ok" no

he reeled back in horror and said

"fuck me I thought you were trying to nick me pie"

It so very often gives me a few seconds of random laughter

It's Broke......

A few weeks ago I accidentally dropped my ipad on the kitchen floor.... A key ring in my bag had attached itself to the magnetic cover. I had placed it on the kitchen table and as I pull the key ring it dragged the ipad....bang on the floor it went..... it landed right on the corner shattering the glass but was still working so I have carried on using it....last night it was dead.....Nothing....Zilch.....Thank goodness we have the extended warranty and hopefully we will get it replaced.....This started a conversation on what technology we have seen come and go in our lifetime. The first 3 that come to mind.............

Before......

And after.....Gone in 60secs