New additions...

No, not new additions to our house I'm afraid, but we do have a new addition to our "neighborhood" , a new addition to our family and a new addition to the website.

First is our "neighborhood" addition, Sasha, a beautiful Shetland pony. She is in need of a bit of dieting and a makeover but what a sweet little gorgeous girl she is. She has now joined Prince in the field and he is very happy about it indeed! When he first saw her at the gate, he ran like a wild stallion, kicked his heels up and whinnied so sweetly it almost made me cry! Sasha is not our pony but we are lucky to be able to have access to her and Georgia has even ridden her already!



The second new additon is Miss Henny-Penny.



We are watching her while friends are overseas for awhile. We have fallen in love with her and her most inquisitive nature.

Although I have wanted a couple chickens for a long time, it was mostly for the idea that we could provide our own organic and free range eggs but now that I have "experienced" having a chicken around, I can honestly say that her personality is enough reason alone to have one, with or without eggs.

Jet is finding Miss Henny-Penny very interesting. She is not bothered by him in the slightest. This photo does make us laugh because Jet can not ignore his herding instincts and wherever she goes, he goes, trying to run circles around her. He even chases away any cats that come into the garden when she is out. He is such a good boy.


As her house could not be brought to ours, Paul has built her the most fantastic house and when it is painted, I will be proud to show some photos of his wonderful carpentry skills so stay tuned till next time for those.

The last of today's additions is an apron I made for the handmade section on our website. I think it turned out lovely. Georgia modelled it for me and what a great job she did. Country living at it's prettiest!



The apron is made from a piece of 1930's heavy cotton canvas type material that I salvaged from an old chair slipcover (not one that could be saved!) This fabric is great for aprons because it is so heavy duty. I used a decorative stitch around the neck and hem to add a trim of little green hearts as you can see below.



It won't be long before the clocks are moved ahead an hour, a sure sign that Spring is on it's way!

Till next time....