Didn't it rain......children

The weather girl said it would rain and the weather map showed rain but not until around 11 o'clock, so why was it raining at 7'am when I got up to beat it?? I was not happy, Anyhow, we got wrapped up back to the waterproofs and went out, we got wet, very wet, I was not amused.

Oh well as a friend of mine says in her best Scots...'it's only watter' and I suppose she's right, so I spent the day indoors thinking of what to do, I changed the curtains from the winter weight to the summer ones, I'm hoping Mother Nature takes the hint. It cleared up around tea time and we managed a dry walk.

Poor Zak is coughing and wheezing, I don't know if I mentioned, but one side of his larynx is paralysed, and he has been eating the rough couch grass which has obviously irritated his throat, poor chap he sounds quite stressed. I shall give him a small knob of butter which seemed to help last time.

I haven't seen my little hedgehog this evening, I'll check shortly to see if the food I left has been eaten.

 Some girl friends are coming up to-morrow evening for a game of cards, a natter and some snacks.

That's it for now folks.

Thank you for visiting and please come back, Arlene, Tango and Ruby

A little visitor

Do you like my little visitor? after he had a good tuck in, which Zak was not amused by, I let him out and he wondered off a few feet, disappeared under my old sink, I hope that's his home, as he isn't very big and I can leave some food out for him.

Thank you for visiting and please come back, Arlene, Tango and Ruby

To-day and yesterday

Yesterday I decided to try a new recipe I'd seen it in my cook book a few times and thought it looked tasty, Celery and cheese loaf. I had some celery left over and bought the cheese, a good strong Cheddar. It was a bit of a fiddle to prepare, as three large stalks of celery had to be chopped small, and the cheese grated, plus some crushed garlic. When the dry ingredients were mixed they had to be binded together with egg and milk, That I was not happy with as the dough was too wet and I couldn't knead it as it was a bit gooey, I had to add more flour and make a note in the recipe to cut down milk, [should I make it again] When I finally had the mixture to my satisfaction I plopped it into the tin and baked it, The result? it was surprisingly OK , very cheesy tasting celery flavour came through with a hint of garlic, with some butter it made a nice accompaniment to the soup I'd made the day before. I just might make it again.

To-day, not a lot happened to-day, I picked Barney up to take for his walk, and we were llucky to get out and back before the expected rain, then again this evening tango, Ruby and I managed another dry walk, lucky, as it is pouring down now, feels more like November than August., such topsy turvy weather we're having, three seasons a week. 

I met a lady who'd picked up a baby hedgehog, it was on the road as she was worried it would get run over, she was going to release it down at the wooded area of Chewton Bunny, I said I thought it was too young to fend for itself and offered to take it to the vet and have it checked over, if it was passed fit, their wildlife officer would release it back to where it came from, if not it would be fattened up first failing that,  kept till next spring . Good luck little hedgehog I hope he'll be all right.

After a busy morning Tango was happy to have a well earned rest.

 That's it for now folks, nearly bedtime and the dogs will have to brave the wet for a night comfort break.