Category: Family

This bank holiday weekend we had a trip to the beach with Timmy the Greyhound, as Timmy had such a long day out on Saturday, we let the Chickens have the free run of garden on Sunday.

It was an amusing sight to see four chickens spot me from the bottom of the garden and take off, flying at about 30cm above the floor racing to greet me.

Whether they were that pleased to see me or it was because I often have a handful of corn when I visit them i’ll let the reader decided.

The photo of Timmy is just a quick snap with my iPhone.  Out of interest i decided to make an A4 print and was very surprised and pleased with the quality, there is a good reason why compact sales are falling.  With good print quality and with the data connection most phones have allowing a quick upload to Twitter or Facebook, its now the preferred camera.

The weekend had grown cold but on the whole was still sunny.  Timmy the Greyhound sunbathed while Caroline tidied the boarders and I planted some peas and potatoes.

As you can see its very tiring work this gardening.

We now have a shiny new six foot fence around the garden which looks a lot better and more importantly Timmy the Greyhound can now do zoomies round the garden in safety. 

This meant we could also put the composter back together and I could cut the grass for the first time this year. 

I also started sowing our third crop of the season. The onions and garlic are already in, and as we are still having the odd frost in the morning I decided to sow some peas in trays and put them in the cold frame. 

Easter weekend and we took the opportunity to replace the old master bedroom curtain rails with smart wooden poles and new curtains. 

Another job done in the house but this year we will be concentrating on the garden though I do hope to get the kitchen decorated this year. 

This Sunday the Lincolnshire Greyhound Trust was at the Lincoln Carlton Pets at Home Store.

We paid them a visit and asked lots of questions, as well as spending a good deal of time petting the Greyhounds.

I think we are both set now on getting a Greyhound, its just a question of when.

Over the last couple of years we keep thinking about getting a dog.  Where we used to live was completely unsuitable but now having the dream bungalow in the countryside this is now a possibility.

Caroline loves greyhounds but we have been keeping our options open and researching over the last few months which breed would suit us best and our lifestyle.

Well as luck would have it Greyhounds are just about perfect for us and we also have a lady at work who has some, so we have been bombarding her with questions as well as doing the usual internet research.

Once we have the garden a bit straighter and the fences all finally replaced making it secure then we will be looking to get ourselves a wonderful sighthound / needlenose otherwise known as greyhounds.