Well I wanted to know what it was called and now I do and after my e-mail so do Essex Wildlife Trust and Thames Chase so I hope they are grateful.
We all get sunburn in funny places, some places on Mrs Claus need to be seen to be believed (but I have no intention of providing photographic evidence). I on the other hand have sunburnt knees. Don't ask me how, or why only knees as I have no answer to give, suffice to say they are red and itch and may impede my praying for days to come.
Life is relatively uneventful at the moment, body builder is in Wales and Jetski boy is waiting for his driving test next week. it seems lame to have no other news to partake but I knew you would be pleased for me that I now know my 6 year search for a name is over
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Monday, 25 May 2009
tell me what it is
I spent most of the morning up to my elbows in the drain so it is also nice to have some nature notes to report. The man came to repair the washing machine at the second attempt but also commented that the drain was blocked which was one of the reasons water was flushing back into the sump on the machine. Would you believe there are 15 joints between the washing machine outlet and the main drain pipe including the sink and the butler sink. Being plastic, pressure on one to try to undo it bends all the rest out of line. In fairness to the washing machine man I did clear a full bucket of foul smelling gunk from the pipes and eventually managed to put all the bits back in place with no leaks! ........ but still the washing machine won't work. There must be another blockage further down the main pipe which runs along the back of all the kitchen cupboards and I just don't have the equipment to get that far down.
So it was pleasant to get back in the fresh air with reindeer Hugh and across the fields and woods which brings me to the nature notes. For those who know the area "the sheep are back". The flying flock has returned to the chase although they are grazing a new area so I didn't see them at first. And then there is the picture (assuming I manage to upload it) which will make this whole blog a bit pointless if I can't as I am now going to ask you to identify it. It first appeared about 4 years ago in just one place but I now know of 4 places that it has colonised and this morning it just seemed to be coming up everywhere. So if you know what it is, whether common or rare, just add a comment to the blog to let me know
So it was pleasant to get back in the fresh air with reindeer Hugh and across the fields and woods which brings me to the nature notes. For those who know the area "the sheep are back". The flying flock has returned to the chase although they are grazing a new area so I didn't see them at first. And then there is the picture (assuming I manage to upload it) which will make this whole blog a bit pointless if I can't as I am now going to ask you to identify it. It first appeared about 4 years ago in just one place but I now know of 4 places that it has colonised and this morning it just seemed to be coming up everywhere. So if you know what it is, whether common or rare, just add a comment to the blog to let me know
Saturday, 23 May 2009
cyclist for breakfast
Dear Reader
You must have almost given up on me - I see with shock that it is almost a month since I provided you with a titilating insight into life chez Santa.
My work being such as it is, it is necessary for Mrs Claus to have a day job to help ends meet, although in her case it is a night job, but ends still need to be met. For a whole variety of reasons that it is not necessary to go into, Mrs Claus' nights have recently changed which has had an impact on almost every aspect of our lives. Not least we now have full weekends together which is strange after so many years when this has not been possible. Having just celebrated our 310th wedding anniversary, the consequence of having every weekend together may be that we don't make 311 but we will do our best and again that is another story.
The immediate point being that I now have to take Hugh the reindeer for his early morning (6.30am) walk each weekday morning as well as the pleasure of being the main walker on Saturdays and Sundays. Sometimes we walk up to meet Mrs Claus as she returns from the home for incurable elves and sometimes we just walk the streets exchanging sniffs and words with other reindeer owners. But one day last week there was a strange noise behind us and on turning round there was Mrs prim and proper coming along on a bone shaker. Hugh is very fond of Mrs prim and proper since she sometimes looks after him when we are away scouting for elves and he loves to chase bone shakers so the combination was irresistable. Fortunately the consequences were not dire since he was still attached to his reins.
Since we last communicated the Israel group have had a reunion. With well over 1,000 photographs between us it was a very happy time full of memories and stories to be retold.
You must have almost given up on me - I see with shock that it is almost a month since I provided you with a titilating insight into life chez Santa.
My work being such as it is, it is necessary for Mrs Claus to have a day job to help ends meet, although in her case it is a night job, but ends still need to be met. For a whole variety of reasons that it is not necessary to go into, Mrs Claus' nights have recently changed which has had an impact on almost every aspect of our lives. Not least we now have full weekends together which is strange after so many years when this has not been possible. Having just celebrated our 310th wedding anniversary, the consequence of having every weekend together may be that we don't make 311 but we will do our best and again that is another story.
The immediate point being that I now have to take Hugh the reindeer for his early morning (6.30am) walk each weekday morning as well as the pleasure of being the main walker on Saturdays and Sundays. Sometimes we walk up to meet Mrs Claus as she returns from the home for incurable elves and sometimes we just walk the streets exchanging sniffs and words with other reindeer owners. But one day last week there was a strange noise behind us and on turning round there was Mrs prim and proper coming along on a bone shaker. Hugh is very fond of Mrs prim and proper since she sometimes looks after him when we are away scouting for elves and he loves to chase bone shakers so the combination was irresistable. Fortunately the consequences were not dire since he was still attached to his reins.
Since we last communicated the Israel group have had a reunion. With well over 1,000 photographs between us it was a very happy time full of memories and stories to be retold.
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