knitting, nature and living with autism in the family
…looking after the two 'C's in my life (children and chickens). The big C's are at school so here's a picture of the little mucky-clucky C's.
…knitting (mostly in the mood for purple at the moment)
…gardening (and learning lots)
…just run out of words for a bit (although I now have new glasses which have happily passed the Toby test!)
Over the weekend Toby had a bit of a melt down that resulted in him knocking off my glasses and snapping the frame. I'm really shortsighted so while my husband was doing his best to fix them temporarily with the superglue I had to resort to wearing a very old pair (I only get around to changing them around once a decade!)
You should have seen Toby's face – the biggest scowl you ever did see! Then he made a lunge for them and pulled them off my face in disgust. It seems he's not overly impressed by my changed appearance. I'm off to the optician later in the hope of getting a very similar pair – either that or it will be a very gradual de-sensitising operation to get him to accept a new look for me!
Well, the children are back at school and all is quiet here. The school break was definitely helped by some decent spring weather. Much of our time was spent in the garden sowing seeds, planting out and enlarging the run for the chickens who were feeling a bit cooped up! It feels like the garden is coming together now with the raised linkaboard beds. They seem a great way to grow veggies and are made from recycled plastic.
The chicken run needs some plants to soften it off but the chickens now have tons of space. If anyone has any tips for chicken friendly plants I'd love to hear them. Now I've just got to cross my not-so-green-fingers that I can coax a few decent veggies from the seeds!
little cotton rabbits 