...I like to think of sunny days to come...
...I can feel the warmth when I look at this picture:-)))
Yesterday was our day for stock checking the sheep grazing SSSI land on top of the North Downs at Tatsfield. We were able to dig the car out ok, but unfortunately we found the hill too slippery to drive up so we had to abandon the trip. Not too much of a disaster as the Grazing Officers go round to all the grazing sites with hay when there is snow on the ground so the sheep would have been seen by someone. Never the less I don't like letting people down, especially when it involves animals.
Today it was the ponies turn. They are a lot closer and we can walk to them if necessary. They were in their usual early morning place by the enclosure. We broke up the thick ice on their trough and poured in two containers of hot water that we had bought from home. I gave Tivvy a scratch under his mane and was pleased to feel he was nice and warm. We then slithered our way down the hill to check the fences and back home.
My daughter, son and grandson are due to fly out of Gatwick early tomorrow for a skiing holiday. I hope they make it...although at this rate they could spend the week skiing in England:-)
2 comments:
Lovely picture of the orchids, are the pyramid orchids?
Yes they are pyramid orchids although we get quite a few other ones too. We have a few areas of recovering SSSI chalk downland nearby. The areas have just been cleared of scrub (that is where the ponies and sheep are grazing at the moment) so it will be interesting to see what other flowers come up in the spring/summer. Thank you for visiting my site...I sometimes think I am just writing for myself so it is lovely to have another follower:-)
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