365 posts. A year of blogging. ok so it's taken 3 years, 7 months and 4 days but I'm not counting. talking of counting I used to have a gadget that counted my visitors and comments, but it broke. I do know that my blog email account has 6233 messages in it, that's a lot of nice chat. so to say thanks for coming and chatting leave me a comment on this post and I'll send a little treat to someone at random including a mini lavender bag and maybe some chocolate if you're not all fed up of it by now.
so what are my excuses for not being around much, well we had lots of preparation to do to get ready for some new members of the family, and well here they are.
Firstly let me introduce Cornflake. She is E's.
This is Ruby. She is Miss K's.
This is Harriet, she belongs to my niece, but lives with us.
and lastly this is Myrtle. She's mine.
no eggs yet, chocolate or otherwise, but we're waiting patiently.....
Myrtle. Love her and the name. Did you know that bog myrtle is the Campbell family plant? And that it is supposed to keep the darned midgies away when on the West Coast?
ReplyDeleteWhat a happy bloggy year. Many congratulations drifty, my friend. Ax
PS The word verification is very apt for the someone who is randomly picked...packit. Find that word verification is quite often spookily linked to posts.
I keep chickens too!! have you come across Jersey Giants?? google them!
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ReplyDeleteCongrats on all those posts!
Gosh, four years - that's gone really quickly! Congrats to you.
ReplyDeleteI did wonder about the chickens that you kept posting on Facebook ...
what a lot of words that must be. congrats to you and what better excuse for an absence can there be than those glorious beasts. I often think we should have some too, given the number of eggs we get through, so i'll be interested to hear how efficient they are.
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4 years! Yikes! Love the chickens, I am so tempted to get somt too when we finally move to the country. Laura x
ReplyDeleteAm guessing Cornflakes owner is male???
ReplyDeleteBTW can never be tired of chocolate - its a food group all in its own right ;)
Oh how cute, I would love to have hens, they look so friendly!
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That is alot of posts... well done!
ReplyDeleteI love all your new family members, and their names too.
I look after my friends chickens when she is away on holiday so have a week of lovely fresh eggs. Abby x
Am I allowed to say I like Harriet best?! Welcome to the wonderful world of chickens.
ReplyDeleteYou have been absent for the best possible reason, becoming the owner of chickens. They will give you so much enjoyment, they do have interesting personalities and those fresh eggs, yum.
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i'm so jealous - chickens are on top of my daughter's wish list and i wouldn't mind having some either.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the eggs!
What wonderful feathery excuses. I hope they start to produce eggs shortly, especially if they can manage the chocolate variety. Congratulations on all those posts too.
ReplyDeleteThe feathery guys are so cute!! Congratulations on your 365 posts! I am on blogger since 2007 and way far from this milestone yet.
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Wow, four years! Congratulations and happy blog birthday! I loved seeing the hens, so exciting to have your very own! And no - I'm not tired of chocolate either!
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Helen x
Huge congratulations - what a feat of blogging! 6233 messages? Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteThose are some beautiful chickens you have there.
Congratulations on your 4 year posts and on all those lovely new family members!! I hope they will settle in well (it looks as though they are well loved already!) and bring you all lots and lots of joy!
ReplyDeleteChooks - how wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogging and here's to many more,
Nina xxx
Congrats on so much posting, Tess! And so lovely of your to offer a pretty treat handmade by you.. thank you. :o) Very soon I "celebrate" 5 years of blogging--that's gone by fast! I'm actually thinking of starting a new creative blog, a new place... time feels right for something new. Anyway, LOVE meeting the new feathered friends to you family--gorgeous creatures! :o) Happy Days ((HUGS))
ReplyDeleteWell done on all your postings a real milestone.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely chooks with great names. Such wonderful additions to your family, they will bring such pleasure and the eggs when they come are to die for. Welcome to the world of keeping chickens.
Denise x
Oh, we meet the ladies at last!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your "year" of posting, heh heh... And who on EARTH could ever tire of chocolate? Shocking!
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Oh lucky you with chickens! Still dreaming of having chickens on the plot someday...And congratulations on a 'year' of posting--you're well ahead of me!
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Well - congratulations on the 'year' of blogging and Congratulations on getting the hens sorted - they're fab. Glad to have you back though!
ReplyDeleteYou can never get fed up of chocolate.
ReplyDeleteAnd you! 365! Wow.
one of my four girlies is called Ruby & she is one of the two naughty ones ! Lovely names. Congrats on a year of Blogging !
ReplyDeleteI know I'm a bit late, but just wanted to say congrats on the 365 posts! It made me curious to see how many I had posted...turnes out I'm 40 posts short of the mark!
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