tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88608557783459171682024-03-05T13:06:18.509+00:00Land CuckooLife in Land Cuckoo.landcuckoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02539783011453017316noreply@blogger.comBlogger343125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860855778345917168.post-69131889581743316502017-08-04T14:41:00.002+01:002017-08-04T14:41:54.001+01:00Restoring the flight of the bumble bee.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As I was at the back door this morning feeding the trio of warring robins whilst trying to explain to two of them (the other one is quite happy with suet pellets!) that there are no more mealworms until I've been shopping, this little stripey fella literally fell out of the sky.</div>
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Well it is no weather for bumble bees today, wet and windy, so I fetched a spoon of good old Devon flower honey (from the <a href="http://www.quincehoneyfarm.co.uk/" target="_blank">Quince honey farm</a>, its delicious!) and added a drop of water and popped it near the bee. He/she (I really don't know too much about bees, is there only the one female? are all the busy worker ones males? must do some research...) anyway, he or she found their way to the edge of the spoon and began to drink.</div>
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I didn't get a shot of the miraculous recovery but I gently moved the spoon, with bee still drinking, and placed it in the sunshine (when it came out) by the flowers and within about five minutes it had restored it's energy and took flight off into the crocosmia.</div>
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So I will like to think that now this little one with return to its busy day and continue to make more delicious honey in the sunshine.</div>
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It has been a busy few weeks here in Land Cuckoo with making stock ready for the summer holidays and fitting in some bespoke orders.</div>
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I can share with you one of these orders which has now been delivered.</div>
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<a href="https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/14844540" target="_blank">Ashelford Farmhouse Retreat</a> is a beautiful bed and breakfast set in the North Devon countryside.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I was asked to produce a menu board so their guests could discover their foodie options for brekkie and dinner. I can highly recommend the smoked trout - I'm lucky enough to live locally and have sampled this already!</span></div>
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This was a great project to work on, I decided to divert from the standard chalkboard menu type of look and instead found this fab chunk of rescued wood which I painted to look a little worn (not shabby!) and then protected it with a good number of coats of matt finish varnish.</div>
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The wood still has the stamp on the end and I liked it that way!</div>
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In case you need any accommodation down here in North Devon click <a href="https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/14844540" target="_blank">here </a>to get to their website.</div>
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Right now I am back to the workshop to finish off some more stock for the craft fair over at Lee Bay which is on for the next couple of weeks.</div>
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This is the view from my back door each time I return home or even just walk into the kitchen.</div>
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You may not be able to see too clearly in amongst the plants (weeds) and the collected items of oddness which I have gathered together as I've found them when digging, but there are a pair of robins awaiting my attention. </div>
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There are actually about 6 adult robins that visit the garden regularly but today it was these two waiting for me.</div>
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They are all in various stages of moult and there are a couple of youngsters about who are just beginning to develope their red breasts.</div>
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These two though have different tastes, the one on the doormat likes the mealworms best whilst the one by the outside doormat likes the suet pellets. Not that I spoil them at all of course! And I have to make sure that I launch a few suet pellets up on the flower bed to keep the sparrows amused as they have also learnt to appear when they see me in the kitchen.</div>
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I am so lucky to be able to follow these little feathered ones through the year, mind you, I have absolutely no idea to which pair the youngster belongs as they have already done their job of kicking him or her out to fend for itself, not without it figuring out how to get food out of me mind you!</div>
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I found the sheep!</div>
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Have not been for a walk up round Baggy Point for ages and finally got the time together to get out there yesterday. Found all the black sheep which reside there over the other side of the headland over looking Woolacombe and Mortehoe.</div>
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For all the cloud cover and what appeared to be impending rain, it was hot and dry for the duration, which was fortunate seems as I failed to pack any waterproofs!</div>
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Right now I have to get back to the sewing machine, I have a lot of stock to be making up and a number of custom orders to finish designing and finalising with the customers.</div>
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A splash of beauty from the garden!</div>
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Well, to be honest it is whatever wild flowers I could find in amongst the wilderness that is currently masquerading as a garden.</div>
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The garden has taken a bit of a backseat in my world lately but I am hoping that I will get some more time to get out there and fetch it back into the fabulous condition that I know it once was. There was clearly a proper plants-person that lived here once upon a time and it is initially going to be a case of investigating the goodies that are still present and making sure that they can thrive once more.</div>
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Well take care for now, til next time</div>
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Well, I've never been on time!!</div>
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Better late than never, Happy New Year to you all out there.</div>
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That is, if there is still anyone out there. I've not been blogging for ages but am getting the desire to do so once more. Just looking back at last year's few posts it would seem that there is plenty to be catching up on as its all changed, again!!</div>
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This morning I popped into Marwood Hill Gardens as I had read that it was apparently possible to view the eclipse safely on water. Not sure that I would agree with that as it felt way too bright to do so, I stuck to the pin hole camera instead but did have a lovely walk around in the peace and quiet, taking photos. The ducks and geese on the lake were pottering about, not sure whether they should be up and about or going back to bed!</div>
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George as usual was watching the fish. Not at all sure what he makes of them but he can spend hours simply staring into the water and knows exactly which way to go to get to the lake.</div>
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One of the photos I took was of the statue of Dr Smart, the founder of the gardens and afterwards I noticed that there was an image of the sun in front of the statue. A clever trick with the sunlight, camera and the water running infront most likely although I have no idea how it worked but this was the only place I could get this to happen (I tried in various other places once I discovered it!).</div>
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I was very impressed with my pin hole camera, made it very simply following some online instructions and it worked a treat!</div>
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And this is the viewing aperture of the box camera, I am easily amused with simple things!</div>
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Right now, in the usual fashion, I have to go and find some food! Been up at the workshop most of the rest of the day, am pretty sure I have caught the sun, face is feeling a little pink!</div>
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<br />landcuckoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02539783011453017316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860855778345917168.post-42992711311423478712015-02-16T21:32:00.000+00:002015-02-16T21:32:50.169+00:00Here it is!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The fireplace has been rediscovered and set to work!</div>
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Not going to show you the view from behind the camera just yet, this is the only one I am looking at for tonight. Quite a few more boxes have been unpacked and it would seem that my furniture was custom made for this room, I am beginning to love it and I think it just may work perfectly. </div>
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The room is huge and I am intending to set up an area for me to do my sewing, something which I haven't done for a few years now and I am very much looking forward to breaking out the fabrics again!</div>
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For now though, I have to eat! Late supper infront of the fire with something easy to watch on telly me thinks.</div>
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I've reached the first milestone of 100 items which I have redistributed out of my home! Feeling quite accomplished at my ability to do this as I usually cannot get rid of anything, which is frustrating seems as I don't like clutter! At the rate which I can fill my home with stuff it will become very costly to just keep moving to bigger and bigger homes, and of course totally un-doable (is that even a word?) So I guess that now will not be the time to list the number of things that I have managed to acquire or purchase since the beginning of the year! I have had some very lovely friends gift me items which I have really needed and can't possibly fashion from what I already have and also I did manage to find some exceptional bargains in the past week or so, again all items which could not be sourced from what I already have.</div>
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Today's goal is to get to my fireplace!</div>
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Will let you know if I get there, so back I must go to the boxes, no idea what is in them as I didn't write on all of them when I was packing up, thought it would keep me entertained, now I am not so sure!!</div>
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Like most people in the UK we've been having some wild weather down here in Devon. I took these photos last week as I was driving home, couldn't resist stopping to watch the sun rays over the bay.</div>
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I'm still engrossed in packing and sorting my possessions ready for the big move next week. I've managed to jettison quite a few bits and pieces, although in the process it looks like I have created more mess! Hopefully by putting it all in the removal boxes it will start to look tidier again, well for a few days until I have to take it all out again.</div>
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For now I am going to note down the latest items to leave my possession and crack on with more of the same!</div>
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I am busy sorting my life, universe and everything out as I am on the move. First in line is my workshop which is going to be here:</div>
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A fantastic setting in the Devon countryside, a proper barn with an upstairs too. I am gradually moving items in although it really does seem a shame to clutter it up with all my stuff, there is so much room!</div>
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And these ladies are my new distraction! Not my hens but they live at the workshop, there are 3 of them that I saw, not sure if more were hiding elsewhere.</div>
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They were very friendly and keen to help unload the car!</div>
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These are another couple of residents although I didn't really meet them, decided to leave them to what they were doing!</div>
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With all the sorting out ready to move I have managed to add another few items to the De-clutter 365 list, although I have got rid of more items but I didn't write them down and have forgotten them already!</div>
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All this busy-ness has quite made me forget lunch (its 5pm) so I am going, as usual to find food now, well in a minute, got to go and shut the gate first, will probably find a number of other things to do on route..............</div>
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And the de-cluttering has begun!</div>
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Have taken stuff to the charity shop and also dropped off other items at the fabric charity recycle bins. More bits have been posted online and hopefully there will be a few collections of items this week.</div>
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I am listing (mainly for my own benefit but if you want to check in and keep reminding me this is what I am doing that would be great) on a new page which I have added on this blog so I can attempt to move on at least 365 items which I no longer need.</div>
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Well it may be almost bed time but I have managed to forget dinner so I am off (as per usual) to find food!</div>
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This morning was beautiful out on the beach, windy but fab. I was wearing one hat and 2 hoods to keep the wind out of my ears but still needed the sunglasses too.</div>
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The little stream that runs down the centre of the beach was a little bit more than a stream today. Usually you can walk through it without it going too far over your boots and it tends to spread out across a larger area down the beach.</div>
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No so today, it was a proper mini river and was far too deep to cross with walking boots rather than wellies on. Even George decided that he would walk up to the bridge and around!</div>
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The gulls were quite happy sitting in their usual spot watching the waves and bathing in the pools on the sand.</div>
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At least some of the sand that was washed away last year is now being blown back onto the dunes. The way the wind has built up the sand around pebbles, shells and other items of flotsam and jetsam washed up made it look more like a lunar landscape than a beach.</div>
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We've not had any snow out this way but there has been a good helping of it across Exmoor, I hope you are all tucked up warm and safe wherever you are.</div>
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Just been for an exceptionally wet and windy walk with George Doggins and his friend and neighbour Gemma.</div>
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This is a bit of a cheat as these photos are from yesterday when it was still blowing a hoolie but at least the sea wasn't coming at us horizontally like today!</div>
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The only way I could get both these two in the same photo was with the lure of biscuits, hence the pleading faces!</div>
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Much easier to photograph are the <a href="http://www.baggys.co.uk/sheep.php" target="_blank">Baggy's sheep</a> (Hebridean breed) with the best view in Croyde! Usually in a few weeks or so the ewes are brought down off Baggy Point so that they can lamb in the paddock here which is a little more sheltered but certainly easier to find the animals rather than the rocky headland. </div>
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Today I changed our walk at least 3 times whilst we were out. At first I thought it would be fab to be on the beach, I love it when there is no-one else about and the weather is wild. However, the weather was a little too wild and the sand and rain mixture that was blowing right in our faces was actually too painful to continue walking into!</div>
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So then I thought we'd head out along this path again but same story, the rain was coming in with such ferocity that whilst I was lovely and warm all wrapped up, the only bit of skin exposed was feeling like thousands of tiny pins were attacking it, so we headed inland instead!</div>
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Thankfully I didn't even take my camera out today as the rain was blowing that much even the inside of my pockets were wet! This is another picture from yesterday with the <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/o/oystercatcher/" target="_blank">oystercatchers</a> searching for food in the Baggy sheep paddock, spot the interloper!</div>
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Now we are all safely back in the warm I am going to revitalise and warm up with a large coffee and a spot of sign painting!</div>
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Believe me, he was there!</div>
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We walked along the brook which is pretty full and flowing fast and powerfully rather than being a babbling stream.</div>
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Unfortunately the pounds I lost whilst out walking were not of the bodily fat variety but the bank balance ones. Had to pop the car in for its MOT, which it required a few alterations and adjustments in order to pass, all of which cost rather a lot of pennies, but it really could have been a lot worse and now at least I know the car is all good to go for another year.</div>
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And then eventually George decided to look round at the same time as I took the picture! Looks like we had the footpath to ourselves but we saw more folk out on that short stretch of tarmac than we normally do across the fields or beach! However, neither George or I were prepared for the cyclists whizzing past us without a bell or a call to let us know they are there, both of us nearly ending up in the hedgerow! (Apologies to the lady that was rather surprised when George woofed loudly, just the once, in his surprise as she peddled past, but she should've rung her bell!!)</div>
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I had one of those 'is this really happening?' moments today whilst in a shop, had to come home and check with Google as to what it was I had been listening to! It wasn't this version but it was this song, wow, well I never knew this existed before now!</div>
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Just wanted to share with you all, happy Saturday! Oh is anyone else finding it rather difficult to get today to feel like a Saturday?</div>
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Guess what, its dinner time, take care all, til next time</div>
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landcuckoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02539783011453017316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860855778345917168.post-61522085749448518452015-01-02T19:39:00.000+00:002015-01-02T19:39:28.937+00:00No visuals today<div align="center">
Normally I would like to have a picture to capture something of the day but I failed to take the camera out on my dog walk, which was a shame because it was a beautiful day on the beach and I can't even put up an old photo as I have a new computer and have not yet sorted out the photos from old computer and hard drive etc.</div>
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Wow, just in that one (albeit rather long) sentence I've worn myself out just thinking about all the things I still have to do in my organisation mode. Whilst I am very lucky that I was able to get a new computer when the last one decided it had had enough, there is a mountain of stuff to transfer and ensure it is backed up to preserve it for all eventualities.</div>
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Here I am trying to de-clutter my physical space and yet I really need to attend to the seemingly never ending storage space of the computer, there really is so much that I click 'save' and then never go back to, think it will be a rainy day job!</div>
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On another note, those boots - took them back, both pairs. Feeling rather proud of myself, I decided once I put all my shoes and boots together that they really weren't necessary and so they have been sent back so I can refund my bank balance and conscience and hopefully someone else will bag themselves a bargain and enjoy their new shoes!</div>
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Right, it must be tea time. Take care all, til next time</div>
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One of my intentions for this brand spanking new year is to spend less, save more, de-clutter and become an organised goddess!</div>
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So in typical Land Cuckoo style I popped into town in order to pick up a book in which I can keep a track of my budgeting. I was going there anyway so not an excessive visit, that's a good start. And that is where the good bit stayed - at the start! I found that I just had to get some new boots. They were in the sale and book and boot are quite similar words really aren't they?</div>
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So now I am off to do a spot of de-cluttering and hope to make some space for the new boots, after lunch of course...........</div>
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Its been over a year since I last wrote a blog post and I reckon its about time I got back into this. Have just had a very quick flit around blogland and all the usual suspects such as <a href="http://ournewlifeinthecountry.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Our New Life in the Country</a>, <a href="http://salssnippets.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sals Snippets</a> and <a href="http://karongrieve.com/" target="_blank">Karon Grieve</a> to name but a few.</div>
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Its been that long, I'd forgotten my password! I'm now fully equipped with access to my blog and intend to wax lyrical for the foreseeable future about stuff and nonsense going on in Land Cuckoo!</div>
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But for now, in my usual style, I am off to find food as I was going to stop for lunch 3 hours ago and have since cleaned out 4 kitchen cupboards, filled up the bird feeders, defrosted the bird bath and reacquainted myself with Blogger and I still haven't decided what to eat!</div>
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Just to update you all - I am still living in Land Cuckoo and making all my bits and pieces to sell, have been on the market over the summer and have been busy lately making lots of bespoke orders for Christmas. I have been concentrating over the past year on studying hard to get into university. Well I managed that and am now studying full time once again, hence the lack of blog posts!</div>
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After uni today, George and I went for a stroll on Dartmoor. It is so nice to get out into the open although I do have to remember to concentrate on where the car is so I can find my way back!</div>
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When I did return to the car one of the ponies was busy trying to eat a plastic tub with garlic dip inside, having already finished off the remains of a pizza! Someone had carelessly (or maybe quite on purpose) left their fast food takeaway rubbish and it was making rather a tasty treat. I decided that as I had a plastic bag in the car (for muddy boots) I would have a tidy up to clear away the plastic (and the chilli pepper) and the other bits of rubbish so that no harm could come to any of the wildlife, even tho I am quite sure the ponies have pretty cast iron constitutions!</div>
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Well the rustle of a plastic bag was just the calling that all the ponies in the vicinity needed! Pretty soon I was surrounded. George was most put out and decided that he would wait in the car. Not sure that the ponies were too impressed I was clearing up rather than leaving rubbish but they will have to stick to their natural diet tonight as I've removed all the fast food options or at least the harmful plastic wrappers and pots!</div>
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Usually these lovely creatures don't pay any attention to you as you walk over the moor, it was so nice to get that close to them even if I did think that they may stage a stand off around the car until I found them another pizza!</div>
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And once again it has been a long time since I've put fingers to keyboard and checked into Blogland. Lots has been occurring here in Land Cuckoo over the past however long, never a dull moment at all really since coming down to Devon! Sadly I've not always managed to find the time to write it all down, still trying to establish that idyllic lifestyle whereby I find time to do Everything!</div>
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Possibly the most important news is that we (by that I mean me and the dog) are allowed back on the beach once more, yes it is October already! No cause for alarm, I have not been served with an asbo from the sand police, it is just the usual summer doggy ban on the local beach. However from now until the end of April we will mainly be found getting sand in every pair of shoes and filling up the house with as much of the beach as we can carry back in fur, paws and shoes!</div>
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I was attempting to get a nice picture of George enjoying the beach after his little paddle in the mini beach amongst the rocks but he was way more on the ball than I was and was rather aware that the incoming wave on this occasion was going to reach right up to us! So we abandoned the artistic efforts and just enjoyed the stomp across the sand whilst watching the surfers out in the Autumn swell.</div>
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Can't go off to the beach as I have a poorly dog who is on strict rest for another week so am keeping him in the shade with the breeze from the windows. No doubt he will be accompanying me to the workshop where the best place to lie down is right where I stand to paint my signs, so it is all change and re-arrange the workshop to suit the dog!</div>
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I am in the garden, yes! Not on the beach because dogs aren't allowed in the summer months and it is too hot to leave George at home, he likes the option of shade, sun or hiding out the way in the workshop!</div>
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