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Moooovin 3 Dec 2012 | 02:06 am
Hello everyone! Apologies for the lack of posts I have been writing them but blogger decided I had used enough of their space and couldn't post anymore photos (cheek) so I've had to move to a dot com...
I do enjoy a good brew 8 Nov 2012 | 02:28 am
Earlier this year Jam became a member of our local brewery the excellent Loose Cannon Brewery. It was a new start up in 2010 and as Abingdon hadn't had a brewery since the much missed Morland (who bea...
My first stained glass class 5 Nov 2012 | 01:03 am
(The finished windows at the end of day two). This was the week of my first stained glass lesson at Ardington School of crafts. Ardington is lovely & going back to the old school house really felt lik...
A first for the arucana babies 31 Oct 2012 | 12:32 am
My little Arucana babies are growing up. I went to clean them out at the weekend and to my surprise (as we didn't think they would start laying till next year) this awaited me. I think its from Carme...
A weekend in Shropshire 25 Oct 2012 | 01:07 am
This weekend Jam and I packed our bags and headed off for a weekend in Shropshire with my mum and dad. They had rented a very nice 2 bedroom self catering apartment in 'the wilds' (a nice bit of coun...
I've got the blues 19 Oct 2012 | 01:02 am
I've been a bit ill this week but before the lurgi took hold I had a very productive weekend making earrings. I didn't really realise until I lined them all up that they are all blue or feature blue i...
Giddy stratospheres 18 Oct 2012 | 12:48 am
So this evening myself and my friend Bex paid a visit to Abingdon fair. We were mostly there to win toys for her nephews & nieces (I had a go at playing darts to win Jam a toy fox too but the less sa...
The arrival of our new rescues 8 Oct 2012 | 01:26 am
We rescued 3 more beautiful ex-battery girls this weekend. So a big welcome to Myrtle (stood in the foreground) and her sisters Luna and Helena. We had a bit of a hectic time picking them up as alas J...
Birthday presents 6 Oct 2012 | 12:47 am
My birthday presents this year were truly brilliant, at this point we have to mention my favourite The Arucana babies, bought early but as delightful as they were when they arrived. They are gorgeous...
Arucanas in the moonlight 6 Oct 2012 | 12:11 am
Jam has started working an early shift meaning we are both getting up at 6am. The clocks haven't gone back as yet meaning its still dark when I go out to feed the chickens. The Arucana's looked positi...
