It is my sad duty to report that today we lost one of our oldest and most awesome ex-batts Bea chicken. Those of you who have been long time BTTC readers may remember that we took Bea on last summers when her mum and dad (the most excellent Beth and Nick) decided to relocate to Read more about Goodbye Bea – Adventure chicken[…]
One of our favourite things to do together at the weekends is look round antique/junk shops in the hope of finding that elusive bargain. I think my biggest find to date was my green men chairs but I always like to have a look at the other beautiful things that are for sale. Hungerford is Read more about Exploring Hungerford and a Bedouin tent[…]
So this weekend the chicks (is that the correct terminology?) and our Hen headed to the big city for a weekend of pampering before the big day for her in August. As good Bridesmaids should we had lined up a couple of non embarrassing surprises along the way. Each bridesmaid brought a bottle of fizz Read more about A weekend in the smoke[…]
So yesterday we picked up our newest addition to the clan. Say hello to Socks, she is a 7 year old tabby with white socks (hence the name). She has been living in a 3rd floor flat for a bit so this house with all its space is a bit of a revelation. She is Read more about A new addition to the clan[…]
This is my wonderful friend Claire, she lives near Guildford so alas we don’t see each other as often as we’d like these days. Whenever I do see her however I am greeted with a very strong cup of coffee! Last time we saw each other we were chatting about how awesome it would be Read more about Vikki and Claire’s fantasy coffee shop[…]
Last night we went to the second of the Ashmolean’s late night openings. This one was in association with the Wildness festival (Lovely flowery lady who was stood outside welcoming us to the event I very much liked her crown of flowers). We arrived to be greeted by the flowery lady and a seemingly wild Read more about Wilderness at the Ashmolean[…]
(Ginny, lying down enjoying the sun, just a few days ago) It is my unhappy duty to report the passing of one of our oldest ex-batts, beautiful Ginny chicken, the girl with the big comb and the even bigger personality! (Ginny from Harry potter, who Ginny chicken was named after). Ginny was in the first Read more about Goodbye Ginny[…]
I’m holding my baking friend Carol completely responstible for this purchase. At the weekend we went to visit a antiques/everything you ever wanted yard that she had recommended near Wantage, Haynes of Challow . We went because we were looking for a fold down table for the dining room (our table in their at the Read more about The one where I buy two antique chairs…[…]
This weekend we were unlucky enough to loose one of our Arucana’s (still refered to as ‘the babies’, even though they are more like teenagers now. We had returned home on Friday to find Irena huddled in the corner of the run, trying to back away from her sisters, she was immediately removed from the Read more about Little Irena[…]
For the past week here in Oxford something rather extraordinary has been happening, artists situated in and around Oxford working in all kinds of varying media have been opening their homes to the general public. I was lucky enough to get hold of a programme before the week kicked off and spent a happy evening Read more about Oxford art week and the amazing Rachel Ducker[…]