Hello friends :)

How is everyone? Here in the UK, we are having an unusually mild time for November.....No I'm not complaining, honest I'm not! Only problem is, I am usually starting to get into the the idea that xmas is coming and start feeling all festive......I am too warm to be getting into the idea of Xmas, it s not cold enough lol.

Since we added chickens to our family, we have been getting an abundance of eggs.
We have been having boiled and fried eggs almost every day and still have eggs leftover, so what does a person do if they have quite a few eggs?

Bake cakes of course! Lemon Drizzle, Chocolate and Orange and pineapple upside down cake. Then just because I had got into the swing of baking again.....Fruit Scones, Plain Scones and Cheese Scones :)

Next time you find yourself with an abundance of eggs, why don't you get out your Pinny (apron) and bake up a storm :)

*hugs* Heather x

Two new chickens to our flock

Hello everyone :)
Sorry I have been a bit quiet of late, we have been spending our time sorting out the garden ready winter and also winterizing the chicken coop.
We added 2 of this years hatch-lings to the flock a couple of days ago so I wanted to share some photo's with you all.

They are 5 months old Buff Orpington crosses. Above is Max our first Rooster and below is his sister Gracie

Gracie isn't laying yet....I keep checking for eggs every morning....but no egg yet :)

Our original 3 girls aren't too happy with the "interlopers" there has been quite a bit of squabbling, but we are hopeful that they will all settle down again soon.....of course Kate wanted her photo taking too, so here she is...

Milly is here shouting at Emma because she has gone and hid behind the potting table (you can just see her tail popped up at the back of the photo) I don't know if she's hiding from the camera or the new chickens lol.

Right I best go back outdoors, I am supposed to be helping hubby turn the stinky compost heap...yukk!

Take care everyone :)
*hugs* Heather x

more of the girls

Hello everyone :)
I have been getting photo happy again lol.....well this is the only way I can record the changes in our girls :)
We have been bribing them with food to get them used to us...todays special on the menu? Oranges and mealworms! Unfortunately the mealworm went quicker than I could get the camera switched on, so without further ado...here's Milly, Kate and Emma with their favourite human with food!

The one closest is Milly, she has started moulting and looks all raggedy......she's hubby's favourite.....everytime he goes out the backdoor, Milly follows him around the garden.

This one is Emma, she's "the boss" she's constantly watching out for the other 2, if they go out of her sight, she shouts and they come running :)

This one nearest the camera is Kate, she is nearly the same colouring as Milly but she is slightly bigger (it helps that Milly is moulting and has a bald bottom so I can tell the difference) I think we need to get coloured rings so we can tell who's who for when they have all finished moulting lol.

Well that's it for clucky updates today :)
*hugs* Heather x

I am still here...honest!

Hello Friends :)
Well we have gone chicken mad here since my last post!
We are half way through building a new chicken coop and run. We have 3 new girls to our family....Emma, Kate and Milly and a new rooster will be arriving when the coop is finished.....Alyssa and Liamm are arguing already on what his name will be :)

Here are the girls in their temporary home until the big one is finished :)

They are so funny to watch when we let them out into the garden...they line up and scrat in time.....it's like watching chicken can-can lol and Milly (the smallest) is so good at finding worms and when she finds a worm the other two chase her around the garden trying to get it off of her....they've got no chance....Milly is so fast!

Well, I wanted to nip in and let you know that I haven't fell off the face of the earth lol.
I will be back soon, I hope :)
*hugs* Heather x

Sheena's Poppies

Hello my friends :)
I have finally found some time to play with my paints. This is my first attempt at a poppy using Sheena's Paint Fusion and poppy stamp.
I started with a crackled background and then stamped the poppy and leaves before painting with Pebeo.
Oh I've just noticed that I forgot to paint a stalk!......the poppy is floating above the leaves :)

Thank you for visiting, happy painting :)

*hugs* Heather x

Hiya Sweet Pea.....

Hello friends :)

I have been playing with Sheena's stamps and paints again.....love these Sweet Peas but I can never get them to grow properly in our garden...too much wind and not enough sunshine lol. I reckon I should paint some Sweet Peas on the fencing, that way I will have all year round colour :)
Anyhoo back to the topper, this is my 3rd attempt at these and I think I am getting them just as they should be , so this will eventually be a card for Mum on Mothering Sunday, I just don't know what background to do on the card, I don't have any papers to compliment these wonderful stamps!
Finally love has a name.......its Paint Fusion! I am so in love with this new technique :)

TTFN *hugs* Heather x

Fusion Daisy's.......

I received my Paint Fusion goodies today...yeah!
Alyssa and I have had fun all afternoon playing with the stamps and paints......I am no where near as good at the techniques as I would like, but it was a fun afternoon playing with my daughter and the paints......here's Alyssa's artwork...

Didn't she do a beautiful job for her first play and look how proud she is :)

Right we are off to play again :)
*hugs* Heather x and Alyssa