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Guinea in the fog. Singing into the gloom 🎵🎶🎵

@rosesukroses yes it is. She doesn't think so but I found fly eggs on her fleece so I am glad I caught them in time. I will probably shear her tomorrow as well as give her a wormer & keep her in for a bit. Sheep are really poor patients & not at all grateful!

@NetherfieldV2 It’s for the best Bramble. 😐

This is the face of Bramble - a very annoyed ewe who was just caught, carried to the barn & penned in for the sin of scouring. It is fly season now so she needs to be treated to prevent blowfly strike. I have left her dagged, covered in tea-tree smelling barrier repel & with hay.

@RijckRoos Many thanks, my thoughts exactly.

@NetherfieldV2 Better to be annoyed for a little while now than to have a lot of pain and discomfort later. I hope she recovers soon.💚

@AnnMile71721158 for your edification scouring is diarrhoea often caused by lush green forage. Given it has been very dry & the grass is not lush (& none of the other sheep have it) I suspect she needs to be wormed. Dagging is using shears to remove the wool around the rear end of mucky sheep 😊

@NetherfieldV2 Oh dear,dagging and scouring😂I don’t know what they are but they don’t sound great.😱

@MyArizonaSkyV2 she has a very pretty face. Less so the other end but hopefully we can sort that out now!

@NetherfieldV2 Well, she’s got a pretty face.

First gosling of the year hiding under mum. I thought she was sitting too hard so moved her & found a little gosling among the eggs. Clever girl!

@DuxburyCarole excellent. It would be a native so should thrive! 🌹🌹🌹

@NetherfieldV2 Ooh - this is lovely. I’m going to see if I can find this one , would be very appropriate in my garden since I live in Ottawa 🙂

The pretty buttery yellow Rugosa 'Agnes' before the rain arrived. Covered in armoured dark red buds which open to ruffled double blooms with a citrus scent. Introduced 1902 by Dr William Saunders of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottowa from a cross with Rosa foetida persiana 🌹

@fugitiveink looks rather like Rosa xanthina ‘Canary Bird' which is musk-scented.

Here's a delightful rose seen on the way down to Wiveton earlier today. I wonder which one it is?

@RijckRoos Lovely soothing rain. Good night, sleep well. 💤

@NetherfieldV2 What beautiful crabapple blossom. Now finally rain in the Netherlands too. Very happy about that. I wish you a pleasant evening and a good night.✨️

No sunset photo tonight, it was raining too hard & I was sloshing around trying to finish the chores while getting drenched. The plants are singing in happiness though. Instead here is glorious frothy Crab apple Malus x transitoria 'Thornhayes Tansy' in full bloom this afternoon

@c_cwzwart same here. Hasn't rained properly for a couple of months now so the plants are loving it. I hope you get some of this too ☔️

@NetherfieldV2 Here in the Netherlands we are still desperately waiting for the rain. It is so dry

@derriennebell Thank you ✨️

@NetherfieldV2 I love it! Simplicity and beautiful!

My rustic May Day wreath made from willow & mock orange. It's the thought that counts! #Beltaine 🥂

@fugitiveink he does. It is rather imposing.

@NetherfieldV2 Your cat looks slightly shocked!

Early this morning I went on a little adventure to collect my latest bargain. I wanted a ceramic strawberry planter but didn't like the prices.. then I came upon this glazed vented Victorian chimney pot which was being used upside down for just that purpose. A monster planter!

@chartres_Fiona yes isn't it? Never been before. So leafy & green

@NetherfieldV2 Kenilworth is a lovely place to have an adventure!

@AnnMile71721158 I have lots of plants from previous years runners Cambridge Favourite, Elan, Florence, Alpine... I do love a nice strawberry 🍓

@NetherfieldV2 Oh dear.Lets hope you don’t have to move it again.🤣 What variety will you plant?

'Sprouts, Monmouthshire.' (1943) Evelyn Dunbar is notable for recording women's contributions to WW2 on the home front especially the work of the Women's Land Army. She was the only woman working for the War Artists' Advisory Committee on a full-time salaried basis.

@AnnMile71721158 it certainly will. Almost gave me a hernia getting it into the van then up the garden. Built to last!

@NetherfieldV2 That will do the job.

@JanoidLCFC it does! 😊

@NetherfieldV2 It seems to have a jolly face too! Great idea