Harvesting

Got the potatoes out and they not only look delicious (i got some purple ones) but they also taste wonderful :) Also our first courgettes and tomatoes are coming (after having to fence them in or our chickens would have massacred more of our plants) and those yellow tomatoes are so, so sweet. It is amazing to see what can come from such a small kernel of seed, while you tend it, groom it, then put it into another bigger soil, only to see it bloom. And our stuff tastes yummy :)

New additions at Apple Blossom House

First off, after Poppy, His Hubbiness™ had to persuade me to take in another foster dog. When I saw the pics of Cososhka (now Samara) I agreed to take her in as she is a panic dog and needs special attention which we can give her (Chandini was also a panic dog with almost the same behavioural pattern).

So on Saturday, Cososhka (now Samara) came to live with us. However, on her transport there was also Lir (yep, like the Celtic seagod), a big guard dog mix which was picked up by a family with little children at our place. All good and done ... so I thought. On Tuesday, the woman wanted to have Lir gone as he didn't fit their lifestyle at all. He didn't like getting into the car, he didn't like the children being around his basket etc. etc. That dog had no time to 'arrive' first but was chucked into the car and handed around to various ppl, including grand parents, neighbours and what not and on top of it, when he was in his basket, where he is supposed to have his peace and quiet, two rugrats were continuously bugging him.
So His Hubbiness™ picked him up and took him in ... resulting in us having 5 (yep FIVE) dogs atm.
'sigh'

But Lir is a dear and follows us everywhere because here he has his peace and quiet and he can choose whether or not being part of our rambocuous gang. Samara stayed under the stairs for the first two days, but yesterday she started to sit on the sofa and upstairs on the dog mattress with Chandini and Lulu. She is still very shy and tries to get me to not touch her, but she doesn't snap anymore which is a plus (and grateful to my fingers).

So here are Samara and Lir.





The best part is .. neither Lir nor Samara have any hunting instinct. Lir wants to herd rather than hunt and Samara is still too scared of her own shadow to try to do anything. So once again, the animals live in peace with each other.

Morning greeting

This is how I am greeted every morning ...





And here I filmed while His Hubbiness™ fed them ... Careto is such a cool dog especially as he is a HUNTING breed.