Made myself choose one of the many heads I had made for this doll, none of them were quite right including this one but I don't want to spend any more time on her. I am in the middle of a large quilt made fom a variety of fabric all with roses on. The final border will have about 100 embroidered butterflies on it,I have only made about 6 so far!! I have 6 weeks to get it completed.

Another eventful day

This morning we rushed over to check the duck was safe as yesterday he had a narrow escape,a local cat was seen stalking him. We spent several hours finding odds and ends of wire fencing to make a three sided enclosure for him. One a cat or fox would find difficult to get through but giving the duck easy access to the water on one side.He will still be vunerable if he goes too far but at the moment he seems to want to stay where he is.

Visited our mayor who has just come out of hospital and was relieved to find him on the mend and his usual cheerful self.

Tony, aided by our lovely neighbour ,took the two black cats to the vet. Now we have to give Millie a pill twice a day, no easy task!!!

While I was trying to tidy the house I came across these two vases, I have never seen another pair, I think they could be from the 1950's

Duck tale continued

We have looked up the duck and she is a he and is a Pintail. He is very stylish. We wish we knew how he came to be there and who and when was he tagged.

What should we do now ?

Tony managed to take a very clear photo of the duck this afternoon and to our surprise it shows that the duck is tagged and its wings are clipped. As it couldn't fly someone has left it there, its a worry because she is very vunerable to foxes or anything that would like her for a tasty meal. There are several nesting moorhens near her, may be they would make enough noise and fuss to scare away any intruders? She looks very sad and lonely.

A surprise visiter to the wood

Yesterday afternoon we noticed the birds over in the wood were making alot of noise,noise that we thought meant they were alarmed about something. We noticed a tiny amount of oats and crushed cornflakes near one of the seats and were puzzled. Then we saw a duck on the Lavoir the first we had ever seen there. We were delighted but then became concerned because we felt she was unable to fly. We put out some food near her and decided to leave her for the night and take a closer look in the morning. Have done just that, she is now happily ensconced ,almost completly hidden from sight in a dense part of the wood. Sadly we found one tiny broken egg near her,and there appears to be no drake. How did she arrive there ? and were the oats left by someone who left her there. Perhaps we will never find out. I hope she remains, I hope she is safe.