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WE WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

There are five new photographs on the Photo page starting from the sixth one down. the first three are from Maddi, I will put on some more of Maddi’s tomorrow.

Hello Mr Farmer,
My friend Carrie in Canada sent me these photo’s, I hope you all enjoy them. Maddi.
Baby Moose 12 Hours Old – Born in the middle of downtown Flatrock
In my whole life in Flatrock, I have never seen a new born baby moose. This one was not even a half a mile from my house. The mother picked a small quiet neighbor in Flatrock and had her baby in the front yard just off Deer Marsh Road ,at 5:30 am. Debbie and I (Jim) were out bike riding when we came upon the pair. The lady across the street from this house told us she saw it being born. We saw them at 5:30 PM. So the little one was 12 hours old. What an awesome place we live in, to see such a site. Jimmie & Debbie Auchinleck.

Dartmoor Ponies taken 2 years ago when we were on holiday. Elsie.

The Osprey picture is from Elaine.

As you have probably seen Lady is now on her own. We parted Lady and Willow this morning. Up to now it has gone very well, much better than we had expected. They are calling for each other, but that has got a lot less over the hours. Of course Willow is pining for Lady. Parting the Mares and Foal is one of the most disliked things that I have to do. Unfortunately it has to be done. The alternative is to leave the Mares and Foals together until the Mare decides that it is time for the Foal to stop suckling, that would put the Foal at risk of being kicked by the Mare, if the Foal persist in trying to suckle. The last three months of the gestation period of the unborn Foal is very important, If the Mare was allowed to keep feeding her current Foal, it would cause the unborn Foal not to get the nourishment that it needs. Willow has been with Lady eight months, by far the longest that we have kept a Mare and Foal together.

Willow is stabled in between Emmi and Gypsy, in those stables they have bars so that the Horses can see each other. Willow went to the side Emmi is stabled, to my surprise ignoring Gypsy completely. After about an hour we let Emmi out of her stable to walk about, Willow really did get stressed, so that we had to quickly put Emmi back. After four to five days we will turn Willow, Emmi and Gypsy out into the main Horse field. Within a couple of weeks we should be able put Willow and Gypsy together in the barn in the area we have made for them.

Once we got Willow into a stable we had to put Lady into hers. We also brought Arnie in to keep Lady company. Lady has only called out once or twice in the last couple of hours for Willow, that was only after Willow had called out to her. Lady should only need to be stabled for two to three days, after which we should be able to let her out of the stable. All the time that she is stabled, Arnie will be kept with her.

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We wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year

There are five new photographs on the Photo page starting from the sixth one down. the first three are from Maddi, I will put on some more of Maddi’s tomorrow.

Hello Mr Farmer,
My friend Carrie in Canada sent me these photo’s, I hope you all enjoy them. Maddi.
Baby Moose 12 Hours Old – Born in the middle of downtown Flatrock
In my whole life in Flatrock, I have never seen a new born baby moose. This one was not even a half a mile from my house. The mother picked a small quiet neighbor in Flatrock and had her baby in the front yard just off Deer Marsh Road ,at 5:30 am. Debbie and I (Jim) were out bike riding when we came upon the pair. The lady across the street from this house told us she saw it being born. We saw them at 5:30 PM. So the little one was 12 hours old. What an awesome place we live in, to see such a site. Jimmie & Debbie Auchinleck.

Dartmoor Ponies taken 2 years ago when we were on holiday. Elsie.

The Osprey picture is from Elaine.

As you have probably seen Lady is now on her own. We parted Lady and Willow this morning. Up to now it has gone very well, much better than we had expected. They are calling for each other, but that has got a lot less over the hours. Of course Willow is pining for Lady. Parting the Mares and Foal is one of the most disliked things that I have to do. Unfortunately it has to be done. The alternative is to leave the Mares and Foals together until the Mare decides that it is time for the Foal to stop suckling, that would put the Foal at risk of being kicked by the Mare, if the Foal persist in trying to suckle. The last three months of the gestation period of the unborn Foal is very important, If the Mare was allowed to keep feeding her current Foal, it would cause the unborn Foal to get the nourishment that it needs. Willow has been with Lady eight months, by far the longest that we have kept a Mare and Foal together.

Willow is stabled in between Emmi and Gypsy, in those stables they have bars so that the Horses can see each other. Willow went to the side Emmi is stabled, to my surprise ignoring Gypsy completely. After about an hour we let Emmi out of her stable to walk about, Willow really did get stressed, so that we had to quickly put Emmi back. After four to five days we will turn Willow, Emmi and Gypsy out into the main Horse field. Within a couple of weeks we should be able put Willow and Gypsy together in the barn in the area we have made for them.

Once we got Willow into a stable we had to put Lady into hers. We also brought Arnie in to keep Lady company. Lady has only called out once or twice in the last couple of hours for Willow, that was only after Willow had called out to her. Lady should only need to be stabled for two to three days, after which we should be able to let her out of the stable. All the time that she is stabled Arnie will be kept with her.

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There are five new photographs on the Photo page.
I have had a problem with my email, yesterday and today. If you sent any photographs in please resend them in case I did not get them.

The first is from Elaine.

The Horses from Elsie. It is near here where Max is taken for his walks. He does not like the horses though. Another one following of more horses in the same field. Elsie

The last two. Hello Mr. Farmer,
Here are some scans of my dogs. The four pictures together are of my last dog, Bud (as in Budweiser – well, we DID run pubs for twenty odd years!!) He was a real poser and would always look into the camera lens. The picture on the top right was taken just a few days after we collected him at 7 weeks old. I had taken a till upstairs to count and he sat under the table resting his chin on the wooden slat. This was a very endearing habit he retained throughout his life. If he wanted anything, he’d rest his chin and look you in the eyes, as if to say “resist me if you can”!! The photo of the handsome Bud was taken when he was about 10 months old. We went to Centerparcs for two weeks each year so we could have a relaxing holiday with our dog!! The last picture is of (l to r) Tynus and Guinness, the two GSDs we had when we lived in Cornwall. Unfortunately, they have rather “alien” looking eyes because of the flash, but they were gorgeous!!
I really miss having dogs so much, it’s just not possible at the moment. Still, I do have wonderful memories!! Hope you like them, Julia

This Government seems to have found a way of allowing a Badger Cull, believing that they will not be blamed for it. The article in the Sunday Independent.
http://environment.independent.co.uk/nature/article3293973.ece
The farming and animal health minister, Lord Rooker, is giving it his backing, and believes that Government has “no justification” to reject it. I cant remember Rooker doing anything of any good as an MP, so I wouldn’t expect any other answer from him. What these Minister keep forgetting is that they and their Government are put their by us, and the majority of us are against a Badger Cull. And they should and could stop any cull, if they were minded to it.

The National Farmers’ Union and the National Beef Association reckon that they have persuaded 70 per cent of the Farmers in the designated area, to take part in the first of three yearly culls. I think that they and the Farmers that they reckon that they have persuaded, to consider what action can be taken against them. Although I don’t believe that there is a 70 per cent of Farmers in the area who would participate. These figure are NFU bluster after being proved to be an insignificant body. Farmers are not people who need leaders, as was clearly shown in the recent call for a Deer Cull on Quantocks. You can do something about a Badger Cull.

Do not insure with the NFU Mutual Insurance. The NFU’s main source of income.

If Farmers do start to shoot Badgers.

Stop buying British Beef and Beef Products and where possible British Diary Products. There then wont be a reason to cull the Badgers. Even a small reduction in Beef and Beef products, will depress the Beef Market. Reducing Farmers income by more than the incidents of TB costs.

Farm Holidays make up a large part of Farmers income. Find Farm Holidays away from Beef and Diary Farms.

Lobby your local MP. email Hilary Benn, Jeff Rooker and the Prime Minister. There is also a petition on the governments e.petition
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/stop-badger-cull/
A new petition is maybe needed. Someone on the Forum might like to get one going on the Government site.

We were going to wean Willow off of Lady today, but there was so much to do today we are going to have to do it tomorrow.

Emmi and Gypsy have settled in well. Gypsy is still a bit wary, but she is coming up to us and allowing little touches. She is eating very well and has grown in the short time she has been here. We were a little concerned about Emmi, she was not eating all of her feed. After trying different ways of introducing the feed to her, we have managed to get her eating, what we hoped is sufficient, always putting more out than she is eating. She really enjoys our hay, she will eat all that we put in front of her.

Neither Emmi or Gypsy have shown any signs of being ill, so today we introduced Arnie to them. We stable both Emmi and Gypsy and let Arnie walk freely in the corral in front of the stables. Initially he ignored them both making his way to his stable hoping for hay. After getting him out he put his head quickly into both of the stables, going back to Emmi, where he stayed for a good hour. There were a few squeals, but a lot less than I had imagined that there would have been. Emmi seems to be a very kind laid back Horse.

Arnie completely ignored Gypsy, so we let her out of her stable. By this time Arnie had found some hay, as gypsy got close to him, he put his ears back, flicking his head in Gypsy’s direction. Arnie was a bit to large, so with a squeal she ran off. We had one fright when Gypsy went into a stable, we didn’t notice that Arnie went in with her. We didn’t give Arnie any chances of hurting her and got him out. He will get use to Gypsy, This morning you may have seen him playing with Willow in the Horses main field.

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Five new photographs have been put on the Photo page, starting from number eleven.

These are the latest pictures of Blossom age 4 weeks. Alex..

Taken at Golden Acre Park. Nr Leeds. Elsie.

As requested, herewith three photos of my front garden, two summer and one winter. Pat.

I checked of the Ewe’s today to see if there were any signs that they were due to Lamb. None of their udders showed any signs of producing milk. As I let the Ram run with the Ewe’s all year, it is difficult for me to tell when they will Lamb. Sheep Farmer would know within a day or two when their Ewes were due to Lamb. Most Farmers will only introduce the Rams to the Ewes from October on. With a gestation period of 148 days, giving a day or so either way, they would know nearly to the day when their Ewes would Lamb.

When the Rams are introduced to the Ewes, called Tupping, most will have fitted a harness, with a crayon type marker attached under their chest. When the Ewes come into season, the crayon marker will leave a coloured mark on the Ewes back after the Ram has covered them. You have probally seen Ewes with the marks. 148 days from then is about when the Lambs should drop. Pity I wasn’t so organised. The ideal time to lamb is in the spring when the new grass is growing. Some Farmers lamb early. One not far from Denbury, Lamb around Christmas time. I will keep checking the Ewes and let you know if there are any signs of them Lambing. I have an Electrician coming on Monday to tidy up the barns wiring, and to put a couple of new points in. When he has finished I will put the infra red lamp in the barn.

We have been looking at the options of a Stallion to use on the Maiden Filly that we purchased when we bought Emmi and Gypsy a month ago. We have left the Filly in Ireland as we were going to use the Stallion Generous on her. It is what Lady is now in Foal to. Generous was last year at Stud only an hour away from Denbury. It seems that the Stud wasn’t making any money, and has closed. The Stallions including Generous being taken to Ireland.

Every year we receive a Stallion Book from Weatherby’s, giving all the details of all the Stallions available, with all their statistics. You can access it on line. I liked the look of a Stallion called Clodovil, when I phoned the Stud he was fully booked, with a waiting list of over forty. Yesterday I received the paperwork for Emmi, by chance she had belonged to the Stud that Clodovil is standing. As there was a piece of the paperwork missing, I phoned the Stud and was fortunate to have spoken to the Owner. I enquired of what chance I had of a covering of Clodovil. As long as it was an early covering he would be able to arrange it. The Filly will be prepared and hopefully be covered in the middle of February. Looking at the fillies Pedigree it will be a good match.

I looked at the BBC weather forecast on the television this afternoon, about 2.30pm, to make a decision if I was turning the Horses out after their evening feed. The forecast with animation, so I didn’t get it wrong, was dry with a chance of a little rain. Since 4.15pm it has poured down. I was going to turn the Horses out at 4.pm but I could see that it was liable to rain, so the Horses were bedded down in their stables. Both yesterday and today the forecast has been seriously wrong within a couple of hours of it being given. Even with rugs on, the wet with cold is not good for Thoroughbred Horses to be out in.

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I have put up five new photographs starting from the…

I have put up five new photographs starting from the sixth one down.

Hope you have a good Christmas and a Happy New year!!!! I am attaching a couple of photos the first is one that sue sent from her mobile it was taken at Pocklington show earlier this year can’t remember what type of bird it is maybe you can help. The second is of a Young hedgehog that was in my garden. The third is of my late cat Fred who I lost at Easter this year he was my baby with fur like silk always so smooth even though he was partly feral. Regards, Elaine.

MR FARMER I HAVE SENT YOU THREE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF MINEHEAD THINKING MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE AREA YOU TALK OF IN DIARY THESE WERE TAKEN OFF THE PLEASURE BOAT WAVERLY AS WE PULLED INTO THE HARBOUR AT MINEHEAD FROM JOHN AND MARIE IN TAUNTON.

I tell you what, seeing the photographs from John and Marie made me fancy fish and chips after all the Turkey, Pork and Beef we have been eating. As it takes to long to get fish and chips home, the only time that we eat it is when we go to Minehead. We must be sad people, we can even see the place where we sit. In the first photo of Minehead. On the very far left is the Cottage that some of our Family stayed in during their Summer Holiday, unfortunately you cant see the rock face behind, that sometimes very large pieces fall off of and go through the cottage roof. The stairs at the end of the Harbour Pier is where the young lad died in the Summer, Tomb Stoning, what a rotten Christmas his parents must have had.

I hate shopping, I promise you Lady’s you wouldn’t want to go with me, it would be your worst night mare. As we needed to get Horse feed and it was half way to Exeter, I decided to allow a shopping expedition. Didn’t start that well. We decided to take the Park and Ride. The Bus Driver must have passed his test in Disney, he curbed the rear wheels twice going around bends. My knuckles were white with holding on to the handle of the seat in front of us.

Half an hour would be as much shopping that I would want to do, but I did try. After an hour I really had enough, but a sandwich would be nice, maybe with that inside me I could carry on for a bit longer. A take away bacon sandwich and pasty was ordered, the assistant pointed to the menu, to what type, it was then that we saw the price of the sandwich,

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I have put five new photographs on the Photo Page, starting from the first photograph. The First three are from Jacqui and the fourth and fifth are from Elsie. There are a few that have been sent in that will put on over the next few days.

One of the large flock of Parquets that fly around the area called in for a snack. Not sure what species of bat this was but it was emerging from the roof of our holiday cottage last August in Devon. My two dogs Sisco (the cocker spaniel) and Ally (the lab named because he was found abandoned in an ally only 3 months old in early January!) Regards, Jacqui

Max was a little devil when he was a puppy and was into mischief all the time. He fell in the pond on may occasions. Also an interesting Robin story from a Newspaper. Elsie.

I don’t know about you, but I definitely ate and drunk to much over the past three days. I would have liked to have sat down for a bit longer, although we had less work to do with the Horses this year than any other, being able to have them turned out. The main Badger camera decided to stop working, so a lot of yesterday and today was spent changing the camera over. The rain got into the camera on Christmas eve. With the new tower it as easy to get it dry and it worked fine. Yesterday when I was controlling it suddenly wouldn’t move. Last week I talked a Tree Surgeon who was pruning some trees under the power cables, to take the old camera down from the telegraph pole that we used before we got the new tower. When he was up the thirty foot pole he did say that he didn’t feel very safe up it. I put the old camera up, but I didn’t have a bracket for it, so I needed to do major alterations to get the camera up. After seeing the picture I am pleased I did. The camera I took down was a different type than I usually use, and I wasn’t best pleased with it.

Every year about this time the Buzzards start to mark out their territory in this area. For the past few days we have seen three pairs flying above the farm seeing who can make the most noise. As the weeks pass we usually see many more pairs. I remember one year there were fourteen pairs flying above the Farm. That was the year when one of the pairs kept landing in Smugglers field. I thought it strange at the time. One of the pair was very small and it looked weak. One morning when I walked around the lake I found the Buzzard in a shallow part of the water. We dried it off and away it flew off. The next morning it was in the same place but wasn’t able to fly. We took it to West Hatch RSPCA, where they have a wildlife hospital. If it had survived they would have released back at Denbury, but it never did return.

It was good to see the Deer in the valley this evening. There is always a chance that they will be shot this time of year. For the past two days there has been continuous shooting in the area, and it will carry on until New Years day. The pair of Deer have been coming and going for most of the year. It is a Roe Doe and her Kid. There was a good chance that they went up to the Badger feeding area last night that Camera Two was on, as I saw Deer foot prints leading up to the area this morning when I filled the Bird feeders. I don’t like leaving that camera on because of the Rats, but I will tonight as there is a good chance that the Deer found the Badger food, and they may well return tonight on the chance that there may be more food.

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We wish you all a very Merry and Peaceful Christmas.

I have put on five new photographs on the photo page. Scroll down to number eleven. The first three are from Elsie and the last two were emailed to me from Julia.

This was taken at Tor Cross Devon. Duck on it’s nest. at Golden Acre Park. Some kind of Eagle taken at The Great Yorkshire Show. It is from a Bird of Prey Sanctuary.
Elsie

Hello Mr. Farmer,
We were driving Mum to visit some relatives on Thursday afternoon and when I saw these trees I just had to stop to get some pictures! I had to use my phone, not my camera, but I’m quite pleased at how well they turned out! The frost on the trees was amazing!! Julia.

We are getting to the end of the photographs that have been emailed to me. Surely some others of you have some good photographs, that we could use.

The Computer was reinstalled at the Lock of the Lowe’s this morning, but unfortunately although the webcams were streaming at the Lock, they were not connecting to the Servers. Although it is not a major problem and I know that attempts are being made to get the webcams going before Christmas, we may be unlucky. They will be going as soon as poss.

After hours of messing about with our Aga I finally got it going late last night, so we are able to cook our Turkey in one piece. Although I can cook reasonably well I very rarely do any. The exception is the Christmas meat, that I have been doing for as long as I can remember. Mind you if I say so myself, it is always good. It would have been a good idea if we had some of the ways that you all cook your Christmas Dinners. Every year I hear a lot of people say that they have had a dry Turkey. We never have. No secret, and I should think that many of you do the same as us. We always cook out Turkey breast down. We firstly cover the bottom of the roasting dish with very fatty bacon covered in butter to lay the Turkey upside down on. We then cover the top of the bird with the bacon and butter. If we use stuffing in the bird, it is very little. We then cover it in foil to cook.

We usually have three meats for Christmas, Turkey, Beef and Pork. We cook three so that it will last the week, not needing to do any major cooking. The Butcher hangs our beef for a couple of weeks, and it is then traditionally roasted. The Pork we get is milk fed and is very tender. Most family Butchers can source it. If you have never had any, give it a try. I first had it before I moved to Denbury, a Farmer friend introduced it to us. He got it from a Farmer in Devon, who produced Pigs close to the Ambrosia Rice Manufacturers, from where he was able to get the surplus milk, cream and whey to feed his pigs with. That pork was even better tasting and tenderer than what we get now. We stuff our pork with home made stuffing with crushed hot red and black peppers and bay leafs. Depending on the size of the leg. we score slots in it about half way in and three inched long quite close to each other. We then smother it in salt, tightly wrap in foil and cook at a very low temperature, ours normally takes from six to eight hours.

Breeze has made a new friend. Not that she initiated the friendship, it was imposed on her, initially to her irritation. But the friendship matured to what now could well be lasting. Breezes new friend is the Ewe that we have been unable to catch, way back since the beginning of the Summer, when the Sheep were shorn. Since we managed to catch the Ewes two lambs a few months back. Over time she has been getting nearer to the Horses. Ewy as she has been named, has been hanging about in the Horses field getting closer by the day, until now she eats the hay with the Horses, that we put out every night in their field. When ever Breeze has been going off on her own, Ewy has been following her, she has recently been trying to come in from the field with the Horses, when they come in for their feed morning and evening time. She sometimes manages to get to the stables. Being not very trusting, as soon as there is any noise she has it away so fast that a Greyhound would have trouble catching her. More often than not she wont even pass the fields gate. Today the friendship between Breeze and Ewy was made official. This afternoon Breeze attempted as she often does, to get Arnie, Lady and Willow to follow her. They were having none of it. Breeze then went up to Ewy, who was laying down and nudged her bottom, Ewy obediently got up and followed her. The idea was to catch Ewy and send her off to Market. It looks as if she has now got a home for life.

We recently watched a television programme about a flock of Geese being herded. It has started a conversation that maybe we should keep some on the Farm. We have thought about it before but haven’t taken it any further. What we have got to think about is that would we be able to send them off for slaughter Christmas time. We haven’t managed to be able to send much else off, once they have been ready. When we keep a type animals, we are unable to eat the same species. One of my favorite foods is Lamb Kleftiko, but we have been unable to eat it since we got the Sheep. A Greek Restaurateur fiend gave me the recipe when I lived in London. If you remind me I will give you the recipe in the New Year. Even if you have eaten Kleftiko before, this will be the best. If we do decide to try to keep Geese next year, we will have a small amount, maybe twenty, with a couple of Turkeys. Another thing that we have got to consider is the Fox, just one forgetful moment, leaving them out of a night could cause loosing them all. I will let you know what we decide.

I cant believe how dry the weather has been. This is the first year that we have still been able to leave the Horses out until this late in the year. We are hoping for it to stay dry through the Holiday, to save us a lot of work and be able to have a rest. We will still have about four hours of essential work to do a day through the Holiday period. If we have to muck out the stables it will be six hours, so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

I wont be doing a Diary on Christmas or Boxing Day. Here’s wishing you all a very Merry and Peaceful Christmas. And thank you all those who kindly sent us Christmas Cards.

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Although I would have written a Diary tonight, I have got to give it a miss. Our Aga has decided to play up. Although we have an oven as well as our Aga to cook with, our Turkey is to large for the oven. The Aga also cooks in a different way to conventional cookers.

The Aga is positioned in an old Inglenook fire place. It is a very nice Inglenook that also has a bread oven, and even has a place where an iron would have been put to heat on the open fire. When we first came to Denbury all of the old features had been covered or blocked up, including this Inglenook. When we unblocked it we found the remains of an old Range. Unfortunately the Range had been damaged, I suspect by those who blocked it up. Worse still a twelve to fifteen foot chimney had been built on top of the Range. The only way to get the damaged Range out of the Inglenook, was to take the chimney down, and rebuild it when the Range was removed. It is a nice olde worlde feature now that it has been finished. The Aga sits in the Inglenook, with a gap of about a foot all the way around, and has been used by one or other of all the Dogs that we have had, to go behind, to get out of the way or sleep. Bit of a shock when any one who does not know of this hiding place, when suddenly they are confronted by one of the Dogs squeezing out from behind.

It was Tass’s”s Mums and Jades spot until they died, then Kye took it over. Kye seems to have caused the problem that we have with the Aga when she goes in and out from behind it, she has been knocking the controller, that seems to be the problem we are now having, as it is not working properly, causing the Aga to keep going out.

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Sorry no Diary tonight. But there are five new photographs on the Photo Page. Scroll down, starting from the sixth one.

What a good idea of Elsie’s to post photos of our gardens, helps to brighten up these dark winter days. I attach a photo of my back garden taken through our side gate this summer. You can see our little Poppy in the foreground. Down the far end we have a little raised pond with a stream and fountain, has to be raised to stop Busby leaping in!!….Pat

Hello Mr. Farmer,
Sorry, but I hope you’ll indulge me with this one!!
Elsie mentioned about using the forum photos to make a Charity Calendar, and I thought I’d let you know about the Christmas cards I’ve sent for the past couple of years. What I do is choose from photos I’ve taken each month and then make a postcard from them. Attached is last year’s card, the only difference being that the descriptions of the pictures was on the reverse of the card. I make a donation to different charities each year and the whole value goes straight to the chosen charity as I’ve covered the cost of production myself! The charities also benefit from the fact that I make a bigger donation than I would normally spend on bought cards!! Also, as they are made in postcard form there is less paper used! I hope you like this idea!
Julia

A Highland cattle in the New Forest Hampshire/
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You wanted some festive photos Mr. Farmer. Here are a couple. The first is our Christmas tree. There are 400 lights on it! I hope if one of them goes it does not take them all out! It will be a job trying to find out which one has gone! The other was taken some years ago of our dear departed Bobbie wearing his Christmas paper hat! Pat

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There will not be a Diary again, but I have put on the Photo page five new photographs. I have replaced the first five.

I spoke to The Scottish Wildlife Trust today. Their computer should be working Monday to start broadcasting again.

The first one and third from Gillian. Good Christmas photographs.
I think some other readers may be interested in the picture I took recently of a reindeer’s feet! They are this unusual shape to help them walk on snow [and possibly it aids flying through the night sky too!] It is similar to a camel’s foot, which is, of course designed to walk on sand.
I also enclose one pic of the whole animal! GJ

Second one from Vicky.
Here is a photo of the cheeky squirrel that we have visiting our garden on a daily basis, if the door of our conservatory is open and there are nuts around, he comes in and helps himself. Vicky, Derby.

The fourth one is from Jennie and Roy who had one of Puppies, Whisper.
He is absolutely lovely,
he is coming along nicely with his training he walks to heel and sits and
stays (most of the time when he is told) he started to run away when he was
called to “come” but that is getting better now. (He thought is was a game
mummy running after him all round the field for an hour!!!!!!)
How is Tass (or Ky, whichever one is the pup) getting on? Would love to see some pictures of her and any of the other pups if you have any. Whisper is getting along great and we love him dearly. Best regards Jennie and Roy.

The last one being from Julia. Julia’s discretion is on 18th Diary.

There are only a few more photographs to go on the Photo page. Please send any that you have, any thing festive I will also put on.