Yesterday we headed down to the village to help Julie pack up. We realised she was far from being ready to pack up so went to collect Davies and Scarlett for some lunch before the first ferry and leave Julie to feed her brood lunch. The kids had been tending to an off course racing pigeon that landed here a few days ago. They had called him Bob and he was very pretty as pigeons go but I’d refused to rehomed him at the croft. Claire had got in touch with his owners in NI but it was unlikely he’d be recovered really so far from home. He was very thin and it was no great surprise when he didn’t last the night. The kids were really upset though and held a service for him. We missed it (felt like a really bad mother 🙁 ) but Mike the ranger attended and sang a hymn for Bob.
We met the boat but there was very little on it for us. I have ordered various jewelly making stuff from ebay including some resin moulds and resin compound with the intention of setting midges into keyrings, pendants and earrings. I reckon I’ll make a killing 🙂 A couple of bits from that had arrived but not the actual moulds or resin.
We dashed to the croft and grabbed some food then headed back to Julie to help with the final pack up. It started to pour with rain so we got soggy doing it. Then to the pier. It was a real mass exodus yesterday with Dave & Sylvia (going away for Dave’s op and treatment, not sure when they’ll be back), Vikki (away for the weekend hill walking), Fliss and girls (going to Inverness for back to school shopping, Fliss back on Monday, girls going to Glasgow to stay with their dad for a week or so), Jinty (away til Monday, coming back with her sister) and of course Julie and co leaving. We stood and waved the boat out of sight, called into the shop for a few bits and then headed for home. The weather was not great so we left the car the other side of the river and walked home.
We debated heading back down to see the Olympics opening ceremony in the hall as we knew a few people might be watching it together but it was one of those nights where it is just so cosy to be holed up together in our static with sofas and space and power and we ended up having a lovely dinner of breakfast (sausages, bacon, eggs and potatoes cooked with garlic and onions) and a family film (Mr Poppers penguins) on dvd so stayed home and enjoyed that instead.
Today has been very productive. We cleared out the goose house ready for new arrivals, built a new duck house and cleared out the wheelie bin they had been using ready to store feed in, Ady strimmed, I made pizza dough, spent time with Tom and Barbara Pig, walked down to the village and picked 3 punnets of wild raspberries (well we picked lots more, but have come home with 3 still uneaten!). I made signs forr the croft gates (forgot we have four gates and only made three, will remedy that tomorrow!), Ady strimmed, I made pizza dough and then we went to meet the boat.
Margo and Jerry were on the boat so we collected them 🙂 nipped to the shop for a few bits, got our post off Norman and came home to release the geese. They were both quite scared and pretty docile. They wanted to go in with the ducks and we may let them tomorrow but for tonight after some bonding and cuddling we shut them up in their new house with some water and bedding which doubles as food and left them to it.
Ady and the kids buried Bob and then Ady put the signs up while I sorted dinner and we watched the Olympics opening ceremony on iplayer. I lasted all of about a minute before I was wiping away tears, I am such a sap!
We have Sandy calling up tomorrow with his daughters to visit all the animals and I want to have a fiddle with the jewellry making stuff that has arrived but other than that we’re planning a Proper Sunday with roast dinner and very little else on the agenda.
midge jewellery ?! lol 🙂
Comment by Jan — 29 July 2012 @ 11:35 am