Boxing day (or St Stephen’s Day) saw us collection new chicks after an entire clutch failed. The eggs had come through the post but were damaged on arrival. One was broken and add it was to turn out the rest had taken a very bad shaking. We had 2 chooks sitting on these eggs and needed something for them, so we were off to explore a new patch of land and come home with me chicks to put under the chooks that night. The gentleman concerned (Rod) was an undercover police office and it wasn’t difficult to guess the field he worked in. We were to come home with 2 more chicks than expected. All of them are rare birds which is great. I had 3 different breeds and 9 chicks for 2 mums.
Stuart and one of the chicks
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Our wedding anniversary was meant to have been at the beach, but issues overnight with one of the mums and her chicks left us putting it off by a couple of days. Those issues were to come back and haunt us later on, sadly.
The 28th was a day to celebrate nothing. It’s a none event day! And we spent it at home quietly trying to get bits done.
Those of you who know us know just how busy Christmas week is for us what with a wedding anniversary and 2 family birthdays all squeezed in between Christmas day and New Year’s Day.
This year wasn’t much different.
Christmas Day saw a lazy day, full of surprises and a little cooking. I know cook a pavlova instead of a Christmas cake which I made that morning. I thought it had failed so turned the oven off and left it to itself. But it had other ideas and when I came to clear the oven out for Stuart to cook our meal (evening meal when it was cooler), I pulled a piece from it to nibble. It was lovely, soft and chewy just how we like it. And so it was back on the menu and all I had to do was remember how to make vegan whipped cream from 2 tins of frozen coconut cream.
The table and the Christmas table cloth, freshly made eggnog is mandatory (after all I need to use the egg yolks somehow.)
Stuart’s new placemat alongside his drinks matMy new placemat. I really like the effect a table cloth has on the eggs!Christmas Day evening meal. Included are sprouts cooked in the oven which was a new one on me.The pavlova before cooking.When the cooking time including an extra 2hrs was up, the pavlova was still soft to touch, so we forgot about it until it came to throwing it away when we tried it…So I decorated it in situ.Cream was added afterwards.
