Gav and Laura arrived safe, put up their tents (they are sleeping in a bell tent and have a tunnel tent set up as a kitchen / living / storage / decontamination zone), we’ve seen them every day for lunch, dinner, cups of tea or chats. Bonnie and their puppy Finn get on really well and Bonnie is getting masses of happy puppy play exercise along with more training from us. On Friday they told us that they have just discovered Laura is pregnant so she has gone back off again today for a few weeks to spend some time with her Mum who needs some caring for after an operation and to let Gav get their shed they plan to live in up and installed before she comes back. People never seem to come here and just settle in gently! 😉
We celebrated James’ birthday at the castle on Sunday with venison curry and lots of silly photos
Tomorrow we have all the parents coming to the school for an Easter event – we’ve got Davies and Scarlett and Baby Andrew coming along too so it will be nice to have all the island kids together doing that. I have two meetings after that and assuming I was not black balled I would have been signed up as a director of IRCT tonight at the directors meeting too. Three directorships, editor of the newsletter, events committee member, vistor management group delegate, website editor, consultant for ISCAPE, clerical support at the school and theoretical crofter and home educator. The fall out of me not being at home is starting to show as the other three readjust to new roles. I remain hopeful we can sort out a way to enable me to do these things that I am passionate and excited about and will long term gain for all of us with support and lack of guilt in being away from Davies and Scarlett given they are older, more independant and have Ady here anyway but I think it will take some further thrashing out before everyone is okay with what they are doing…
What else have we been up to? Davies has designed some postcards and they are on their way ready to start selling at the craft shop, he and I also put some blurb about him on our croft 3 website. Scarlett has some seaglass jewellry to go on sale so I will probably do the same with her and give her a page on the website. I have been busily knitting scarves for sale and will pull out the last of the jam along with plenty of eggs. I have my midge line planned once they come out and I can collect some.
lol at the midge line!
I was idly wondering today what the lifespan of a midge is. They must be very fecund.
h would prob eat them 🙂 . in fact nic, are you going to do an edible line. you might need A LOT, but oat cakes with midges might catch on – high in protiein and reduce cholesterol etc 😉