Give-away winner and... a new family member

We are pleased to announce the winner of our Jane Austen Handbook give-away. It is Melanie from Cosy Living . Congratulations Melanie!

(Georgia picked the winning name for me because she loves to be involved in give-aways and I have a feeling that Melanie was chosen because of the sweet little crocheted cupcakes on the side bar of her blog!)

Thank you to all who entered. Pride and Prejudice was overwhelmingly the favourite and I think it has something to do with the BBC television series which is so widely seen and made the story come to life for so many of us. (Of course it could be Mr.Darcy?) The films of the other books are movie length so can not include as much detail although I tell you sincerely that I love the other films too and if any of them are on the telly, I am genuinely excited at the prospect of watching them. I am lucky too that hubby feels the same and together we join a faraway era even if just for a couple hours.

Ok, onto a another topic; a new family member. Over the last year we lost a couple hens and were keen to get more to keep our egg supply up and because they are just so cute and funny. We bought a tiny bantam hen who was very broody and 4 eggs of diffent chicken breeds for her to sit on. We waited patiently for 3 weeks for them to hatch but in the end, only one hatched. We called him/her Bob.


That's Bob, the green egg at the bottom.


Bob's bum, the first photo of him just after coming out of his egg...

We do not know yet if Bob is male or female. We are SO hoping Bob is a "she" because I'm sure the neighbours will not be pleased being woken at 4:30 am on summer mornings to the sound of cockerel! Also, we love him and want to keep him. If Bob is a girl, she will lay Olive green eggs! Bob is now about 2 weeks old and growing up so fast.








Bob keeping warm in mum's feathers, so cozy.

Time will tell...