Snow, Scout, Butternut squash and butterflies

These folks raised their own flock of butterflies.  We went to feed Scout and the chickens and found a note with an instruction leaflet, 'please feed the butterflies'.  They had come as a kit form with 4/5 chrysalis attached to a net in a clear plastic tub.  After a couple of day in the warmth of a house, the butterflies start to hatch and sit still for a day whilst the wings expand.  Feeding them involved picking a flower or two from the garden each day and covering them with a nectar made with sugary water.  The flowers were placed gently on the floor of the tub, the butterflies then fed themselves when ready.  On the families return, the children released the fledged butterflies in the garden!

No butterflies yet!

Hi, I am Scout

I love my grub!

This is Butternut squash

With the gang

Their back garden in the snow

See you next Sunday,

A duck, a skunk and a deer went out for dinner at a restaurant one night. When it came time to pay, the skunk didn’t have a scent, the deer didn’t have a buck so they put the meal on the duck’s bill.

Adorable Dora, a Beagle pup

The Spey was running high this day,

Hi, I am Dora

Here I come!

I like playing sticks

We like playing sticks

Was that a stick thief?  Did I mention I like playing sticks?

Off home...

See you next Sunday,

What animal goes tick-tock, bow-wow, tick-tock, bow-wow?

........ A watch dog.

Fluffy Duffy and visitor

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We had an instruction from these owners similar to last weeks, this time it was 'watch out for the pheasant on the decking'.  A very territorial pheasant roamed the garden!

My name is Fluffy Duffy

Here I am celebrating Christmas!

A regular visitor, we are not sure where his permanent home is, known to us as Ginger Tom Tom

The view from my front garden

And from the back garden!

See you next Sunday, yes we have snow!

This weeks joke

Pablo Picasso came home and surprised a burglar in his house.  The burglar fled the scene but Picasso was able to draw a sketch to help the Police identify him.  From this sketch, the Police arrested a cat, an ostrich, a camel and the Eiffel Tower.

Don't turn your back on Eric!'

The first information received from these owners included the instruction 'don't turn your back on Eric'.   It turned out Eric was the cockerel, with aggressive tendencies and sharp claws, who would try and jump on you if given half a chance!
Needless to say we kept him firmly to our front!

Here are some of their current animals

Damp dogs on a blustery walk during storm Henry

What do you mean, go for a walk?

Senior

In his prime

Junior after a busy day

Playing hide and seek

And posing

See you next week.........

This week's joke

Teacher:   Hamish, your homework on the subject 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's.  Did you copy his?

Hamish:   No, teacher, it's the same dog.