10 March 2021 Isolation

The last picture in our little challenge is now in see below. What awful weather but we did manage to get a run in today but got awfully wet.

Still enjoying our walkies and have started second coat of paint on the fences wow. Thw WildWife camera is starting to pick up as our tracking skills are sharpening. (Click on Images for BIG)

Below we have a stoat a Badger and a pussy cat. We are still experimenting with positioning as the video was slow to come on whilst catching the Badger. (Click on Images for BIG)

On our walkies we noticed the sheep at the gate on arrival they were just trying to look good for these guys.

4 March 2021 Isolation

Pitter Licking again today 11 bags now in total and the section of road is now clean (until the morning).  Good walkies then 2 more slate images come in from our slate challenge and a bonus from our youngest painter a painted potato. See Images below.

WildWife camera has only caught cats at the moment but we have it next to some recent Badger tracks.

3 March 2021 Isolation

We have anew challenge four ourselves to paint a small picture of choice on a piece of slate. I have finished mine and are now waiting for the other 3.

1 March 2021 Isolation

WOW a really frosty morning today early shopping then back for a walk and some more painting sorry its taking so long to paint the fence but as you can see from the image I am a novice at painting although I am using my favorite brush it should help.

First day of Spring wash day for these Starlings getting ready for  Making little Darlings Ha!

27 February 2021 Isolation

Lovely weather so walkies then we decided to spray the fence but due to it not been a panel fence we wasted a lot of paint and it was a bit messy but all three of us worked on it we Percy Veard but will hand paint the next coat. Click on Image for BIG picture.

26 February 2021 Isolation

Bad weather so decided to visit the bank for some money and due to the amount we wanted we did not know if we could get it all from the ATM as the bank was closed , we drove to the Keswick bank and on arrival they closed the bank to get some money out of the ATM for the bank tellers ???? how strange.

At last lovely weather so back to fence painting and the Daffodils are coming out FAB. We are still noticing odd things on the farm lonnins and this next picture is of a pre-cast steel reinforced morticed post not sure of its earlier use.

The next image is again a railway sleeper different fixings to the previous images as it has  Pandrol housings and is now a gate post.

The next picture is a stone–curlews nest or if you prefer a hedge playing pass the stone!

22 February 2021 Isolation

Mixed weather rain sun rain so no fence painting and some very wet walkies. The wild crocus are just coming out and the daffodils are just waiting for a couple of good sunny days.

Not caught anything on the WildWife camera yet accept this massive spider on the van?

18 February 2021 Isolation

Windy cold day with rain overnight so how is our day going to pan out after the exciting day we had yesterday ?

Walkies again with friend good as usual when we got back we looked at the new calf’s.

While looking around for things to do we found an old beer bottle from the now closed Maryport brewery the bottle is 100 years old and took a couple of weeks and some bleach to get all the solid remains of the dead slugs that have been in it for a while !!!

Founded c.1780.

Registered November 1890 to acquire the business of Frederic Robinson Sewell with 63 public houses. As a result of their tied houses in Carlisle being brought under state control in 1916, the brewery output was reduced by more than 50%.

So the houses left were sold to the State Management scheme in November 1916 and brewing ceased November 1921.

Over the last few months we have been putting together a large spider made of odd pieces of cardboard and the eyes made from shells we picked up off the beach at Cramond near Edinburgh.

We now have a Wildlife Camera and will hopefully get some images to place on the blog over the coming weeks .

17 February 2021 Isolation

A very interesting day today, out Pitter Licking again this morning with our friend Number 8 bag full and had an interesting couple of finds. No 1 is a pregnancy tester? at the side of the road in the hedge I suppose  spring is nearly here and daffodils are breeding.

Next I know Clarks boots are supposed to last forever but this one is certainly hedging its bets!

Next we noticed on the upside  side of the stream leading on to the beach a one way arrow  showing the flow direction.

Next we noticed how lovely the snowdrops are looking across from the new holiday cottage.

And lastly the loft conversion in the new holiday cottage is not going as planned ?