From ten years plus a few months ago in time...  here are some of our chronicled exploits:

March 2011 - Linda is retiring very soon from her teaching career ( Read more... )

10 years ago... it was December 2010... here's what was happening ( Read more... )

We've hired a van this weekend and we plan to clear out the backyard shed (really it's a building not a little shed) and haul away things we don't need.  I find it a bit hard to part with things, tho...  and that's why the shed is so full ( Read more... )

We saw a few plaques relating to the Antrobus Family....


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For the Song HoF... "Ben" by Michael Jackson

This is the sappy sweet song about a boy's love for his rat. We've had lots of gerbils and guinea pigs and rabbits and fish and cats and Tess and Meggie etc in our time... so this song is a fitting addition to my list of relevant songs. A nice little tune sung beautifully by a young, solo, Michael ( Read more... )

Sadly, our three remaining rabbits were declining, not getting better after all contracting myxomatosis.  We've been giving them medicine twice a day but at the vet this morning we made the decision to put all three down.  I'll be burying them all in the back yard later today, to join Cottontail and Ebony who also died in the past few weeks from ( Read more... )

Another of our rabbits has died... Ebony.  It looks like we have a myxomatosis outbreak.  We took the three remaining rabbits in to the vet today and two of them are showing signs.  We've segregated the healthiest one, Mistletoe, and it's now in the conservatory.  The rabbits will be given medicine and we'll see how it goes. 

Cottontail picked up a respiratory infection. Linda had been giving her medicine after taking her to the vet the other day... Sadly, we have found that she has passed away. She was about 4. Our nicest rabbit. She'll be missed and very fondly remembered...

Tansy is still with us. Seems content. We keep her in the conservatory most of the time where she has a heater, a bed (and conservatory furniture) to lie on and a litter tray all to herself. She sometimes misses, or overspills the litter tray which creates a bit of anguish for Linda who cleans it up. We don't normally have a litter tray, as our ( Read more... )

A season in the life... Things that happened in Autumn 2006:

September

PC finally gets fixed.

Saddened by the news of F's grandmother passing away.

October

Linda bumps into a Porche when parking her car, apparently. A long story goes with this, but not here.

We get wireless broadband for the house.

I try growing a beard, not very successfully.

November

We ( Read more... )