Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page sent in by Judy and Hayley.
We have for a change lots of photographs to go on the Photo page. Any one who has sent any in they will go on.
My daughter thought you might like to see these photos she took whilst on holiday.
A friendly little Donkey, on holiday after giving rides to children.
A Highland Bull
An Alpaca
An Atlas moth, newly hatched and drying its wings.
A young Seal at the Rescue Centre. From Judy and Hayley.
Someone asked last Thursday how the Sleigh restoration was coming along. We have managed to burn all of the old paint from the body but still have the under carriage and runners to finish. There is a bit of damage to some of the woodwork but nothing serious. At the moment with the Farm workload the Sleigh has not been touched for the past two weeks, but we hope to finish the preparation for painting before the end of the month. The upholstery looked as if it had been recently recovered with a cheep tartan type material, when I removed it we revealed the original upholstery, a deep buttoned blue cloth, very similar to how I was going to have it reupholstered. Unfortunately the cloth has deteriorated over the years so it will need to be upholstered. But at least I will get it renovated to the original colour and material. I will put a photograph on the Photo page.
For the past few weeks I have been trying to find an authentic set of Reindeer Harness. After making numerous phone calls to Finland and Sweden I finally got in touch with a person in Sweden who is able to let me buy a couple of sets. I was quoted by a person in the UK stupid money. The two sets I am getting are nearly half of the price for the one from here. The authentic harness has wooden neck collars and should look good when on the Reindeer.