Post in 3 parts

[mizarchivist]

Today featured 2 houses viewed by various members of the household, and neither suiting our needs. We deployed the nopetopus and we carry on. The one I got to see is about to undergo major renovation. I flat out refuse to trust that such major work will get done within the originally stated deadline. The bones of the abode do not warrant that kind of single-minded commitment and zeal. The other was just too small.

In the  meantime, since it was the Gore Sheep Shearing Festival, I took the kid. There was junk food eaten, vendors' wears viewed, and a small menagerie of creatures seen: goats, sheep, dogs, small horses, llamas, chickens, and ducks to be precise. Crime Fighter pet his first horse and baaaaah-ed at real sheep and meeeeh-ed at real goats. It was fun!

I'm being social tomorrow, so decided that despite my excessive weariness that I'd tackle baking tonight: bread pudding and an eggless banana bread. The desserts that scream, "I have food about to go bad- let's add sugar!" The bread surplus is now at a reasonable level and no longer in danger of becoming a penicillin farm; the bananas that are too ripe to be interesting to toddlers, also transformed. This means at least the hard part's done and I don't have to fit it all in tomorrow morning.

Comments

[minkrose]

Sheeps! I got my fill of sheep in the England countryside -- pics to come at some future date. Though you can enjoy this huge panorama one now: https://www.dropbox.com/sc/fkfxo2ne8hstefk/qYtS2plH1C

[minkrose]

(you may have to go to View Original to see the whole thing; not sure how it shows up for other people -- look for the black-skinned sheep on the right half that has knelt down to munch grass.)

[mizarchivist]

Holy sheeps, but that is the definition of bucolic, right?!

[minkrose]

Seriously! We had a lot of fun. That was at the Avebury Henge, and there were also sheep grazing by the stones. It's near Stonehenge, but it's a much larger circle with no lintel stones and you can just walk up to the stones and touch them. There's also a much larger manmade ditch & hill formation around the outside.

I admire your efforts

[drwex]

Also, tasty!

Glad you had a good weekend and it was nice to see all of you.

[beowabbit]

Wish we’d run into you at Sheepshearing. We had a great time. Glad you and Crime Fighter did too!

[mizarchivist]

Ah well- At least we all had a good time. Hugs!