The chickens are still laying well and the eggs are useful for baking. I use them to make the best bread and butter puddings - crispy on top and golden because the yolks are such a beautiful color - they taste divine and don't hang about in the kitchen for long.

Stripe and Spot helped yesterday rounding up some rogue young chickens who escaped from the paddock and caused havoc in the greenhouse. The 2 dogs thoroughly enjoyed helping to round them up and escort them back to the acre of green meadow they have to scratch around in and call home.

During the Winter evenings while sitting by a roaring log fire with a nice glass of something warming I have started a project on Florida history. Wales is a country of castles and legends so I am also reading up on its many castles. They have fascinating histories and I have already visited quite a few of them so I am adding some more to the list for next Spring and Summer. Bwlch Tre Banau itself has quite a history: it is said to have belonged to the Prices who were descended from a Welsh prince. http://www.walesholidaycottages.com/