I am so very sorry. That is a hard way for a life to end. His poor grandson! My condolences.

I am so very sorry. Such a lovely girl.

My favourite childhood hymn and so beloved that we chose it for our wedding.

I know little about human lactation but this happens in goats. My goatling Elvira has been a ‘maiden milker’ all year. I’ve milked about 1.4 litres from her daily. Then she got mastitis. No pus but her udder turned into hard lumps. We are on week 7 of treatment with intramammary tubes…

Good grief! That really is the pits.

I think so. It looks good, you clearly feel good in it. This is rare enough to make a second one a good investment.

Congratulations for your knitting success. Yesterday’s march was a horror. As a not white British person, seeing 150,000 at that march makes me afraid as well as heartbroken.

I am so very sorry for your loss. Such people as he clearly was light up life.

A busy and successful weekend for a glorious and elegant sighthound.

How very kind of you to ask! Yes, I am okay, just so busy that I am checking social media less and have less bandwidth to write posts. How are you?

As a sighthound, she has doubtless delegated such activities to her staff.

London is likely but Glasgow is also possible. They have offices and distribution in both.

Beautiful!

A few years ago, I watched a friend’s teenage son and his two friends eat four loaves of bread, an entire large pack of cheese and six packets of ham as “a snack”. Start the savings account now?

I can see Arran from my gate but have never visited - it’s hard to leave a smallholding. Your photos are encouraging me to visit soon.

Happy gotcha day, Dave. You have had a year full of new things since Saffy approved you as her companion. I hope the next year is even better for you.