which may or may not be the correct line to that poem and I cannot be bothered to go check. I think Tuesday’s child is either fair of face or full of grace actually and it is Thursday’s child who works hard for a living but never mind…
Ady was off at the crack of dawn feeding the animals and heading down to the village to saddle up ponies and go ghillieing. I was woken by him heading off but read my book in bed for an hour or so. It’s quite a good read, one of those spanning generations type books. I seem to keep ending up with harrowing reads as amazon suggests things based on previous reads and either goes down the very frothy chick lit or the thriller type books, neither of which are actually my favourite reads but are always at 99p which is definitely my favourite price.
There was a mountain of washing up – I had cooked potato gratin, pork chops, four types of vegetables and a creamy whisky sauce for dinner last night which was delicious but involved using every pan and dish in the house so dealing with that took nearly an hour. Plus we are out of washing up liquid (arrives on Friday’s boat fingers crossed, Mum & Dad being here meant certain things ran out quicker than usual, loo roll and washing up liquid being cases in point) so I was using handwash which is an almost but not quite acceptable substitute, particularly on a greasy or stuck up task like this was. I couldn’t even listen to the radio as it was Popmaster.
I drank my tea, finished the silver and grey bag, played with Bonnie and stroked Kira and then headed down the hill to do a castle tour and pick some brambles along the way. Two of the three sheep were out of their pen, still on the croft and only close by their pen grazing. I debated trying to get them back in but decided they were unlikely to roam much and I would be better doing it with help when I got back. I picked brambles for an hour which is always excellent head space and makes me think of all sorts of things as I let my mind wander. I had just one taker for the castle tour, a nice bloke who has been to Rum – and on the tour – before so he didn’t really need the full spiel. That worked well as we just wandered around the castle chatting and with me pointing out my favourite things and him asking questions. He was so interested that I took him behind the scenes and showed him part of the old hotel and hostel too. He loved it and gave me a tenner tip when I’d finished! 🙂 Result!
I dropped the brambles I’d picked off at the freezer and came home. Davies and Scarlett helped me herd the sheep back in their pen, I fixed the gap and Scarlett made me some late lunch of soup and bread. We chatted for a while and then Scarlett fed the birds while I fed and watered the pigs and I walked back down to the village for a few bits of shopping. There was only Jinty, Trudi and Jed at the shop so I stopped for a beer with them which was nice, before coming back home.
I got dinner on and had a shower while the kids got stuff ready for the generator and put it on. Poor Ady didn’t get home til 8pm, out for over 12 hours. He will sleep very well tonight. We had dinner, watched some HIMYM and I think everyone, except Davies, will be asleep early.