Children’s memories always amaze me. Mainly about how much children remember. Selective memory only, because I’m not sure mine is that great at remembering what he might just have read. And it’s definitely audio or visual items he remembers, rather than written. That obviously makes it much harder to learn at school unless he’s been…
Project 52 2018 week 15 – sunny spaniel days
This second week of the Easter holidays hasn’t been great weather wise again. I’ve been back at work, and N’s been out working on the farm. Mostly he’s been helping his uncle or cousin number 3 with sheep jobs. His tally of seeing lambs born has increased to 7 as well. Not bad for a…
Project 52 2018 week 9 – animal bond
Needless to say, this week has mostly been about snow and freezing temperatures. The week started as normal, but Wednesday it snowed pretty all day on and off without settling. It was strange – blue skies one minute, then white and grey skies and snow the next. Like snowy April showers. Thursday it seemed that…
Making friends and growing up with puppies
Being on a farm means there’s lots of animals around. N is certainly learning how to care for them, everything about them, and an appreciation of them. But most of the animals are livestock rather than pets. Even the dogs are working dogs (well, apart from the old or gun shy ones). But get new…
My Sunday Photo – friendly labrador
Our labrador is meant to be a gun dog. We went to pick her up when N was just under 3 months old, so they’ve grown up together. She’s a lovely temperament, is great around children and is a good protector. She is a rubbish gundog though, because she’s gunshy. She’s too nervy and doesn’t…
