Been having a little difficulty connecting with the web lately: called in the Man who fixes computers and he 'fixed' things and within a matter of hours the connection was broken again. Very frustrating..... But he was coming back to fix something else so he re-fixed my internet connection ----- and when I wanted to use it it was unfixed again. And then we discovered what was happening..... Puddy Cat likes to sit on the wi-fi router box - it's nice and warm - especially if the sun is shining through the window, and if she wiggles she manages to loosen the connection at the back. Now we know the cause the solution is simple: disconnect, reconnect and away you go............ Retraining Puddy Cat is a different matter and will doubtless take forever.
Can't blame Cat for seeking out warm places: having just come in from a very wet and blustery 'outdoors' I found myself thinking we are back in the depths of an extremely hostile winter! Yet only a few days ago I was out and about recording signs of spring - at last...... and today when exercising the horses I smiled to see the first primrose and the first crocus on the grass alongside the drive.....
Samson and Delila have been doing a bit of spring-cleaning too or maybe she was complaining that it was a little stuffy indoors and they'd need air-conditioning in time for summer..... he, being so very obliging, got on to it right away. Only his D-i-Y skills are not yet finely honed and he's made it just a little too draughty for the not-quite-spring we're having. So come Friday he, and maybe she, will have to be moved to the woods for a while so that necessary repairs can be carried out. They've been modifying their fence alongside the bridleway too so that will be seen to at the same time...... don't really want a fully grown Boar, however woolly and handsome, taking it upon himself to go walk-about on the public highway.....
Despite the wet and blustery stuff it is still warm enough to provoke other signs of spring. The hens are coming back into lay one by one (The Boss was reminding me only this morning as we ate our boiled egg breakfast that they each 'cost' about the same as caviar!) and the ducks have started building their nests. Gunner's future wives' owners have also been in touch and it looks like there could be interesting developments later this week!!!
Which brings me back to pigs; Precious is imminently due to Deliver - judging from her demeanour and deportment this evening it could even be tomorrow............................ a litter of New Romantics maybe? That's one of the most rewarding parts of Life at RectoryReserve -Even on the wettest and windiest of nights there is still a lot to look forward to................
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