I am frozen at the moment - the ice just isn't going so here in the valley we have ice all day leading to slabs of ice and icicles all over the newely instated waterfall and riverlets of ice near the road.
On the plus side we finially have sheep 
The field is full of wooly bar sheeps and there even appears to be some with the characteristic woolly faces meaning that we think we have the villages Cotwold Lions! The farmer who's sheep they are is the current designated looker afterer of the Cranham villages flock so we are very happy
Way back in the fog that was last year we had a day out at Slimbrigde Waterfowl Sactuary, becuase of everything that happen I never got round to posting this and as a result I've sort of forgotten what half the birds are :/
We went along with Alaric's friends Ben and Jenny who have membership and so had a vachour to get us in cheap. It was a really nice and slightly too hot day.
These are Himalayian geese.
This is a Goose.
A coot, a bird that I always get to wind my cousins up about it being their surname
More geese.
This is a picture of the birds grooming.
This is a Moorhen
A black swan which I think was from Australia.
This one is a white swan.
Flammingos, they had I think at least three types there and this has resulted in me writing a childrens story thing that I just need to do the illstrations for. The food pellets of the Flamingos contain the carrotine they need to remain pink. They also have gay flamingos that hatch spare eggs
There where lots of chicks and duckling and in this case sygnets
I also found out that the southern hemisphere doesn't have any true geese they are instead basically shell ducks - one of these photos is of such a 'goose' but I can't remember which :/
We also went into the hatchery and got to look at all the baby birds which was great and really instructive some of the birds where so sweet and other pretty I have to say the smell of rotten fish from the flamingo enclosers was a bit over powering but it was a really nice day out.
Yes - Good news!!!!
Firstly Hydrogen is in the clear - stitches removed, antibiotics finished and running about outside. The vetinary nurse told Al we had looked after her really well and that the wound had healed fantastically - thank goodness all that ick removal was good for something
Secondly the insurance peeps phoned me today on my mobile and said that I could fill in the missing form over the phone! Which I did and so the insurance money for the furniture is wending its way to us as we speak
thirdly mums wound has actually started to heal now that the cancer nurses have told her to leave the dressing off of it etc... This means that her radiotherapy will actually be able to start
Forthly we are coming down to London for Christmas and we're hoping to meet up with lots of peeps we havent seen for what seems like several life times
I'm afriad I have not blogged for a while now this was mainly due to the fact that I just couldnt face typing yet more depressing news. The builders who I had been waiting for didnt turn up and after the normal five different people and no one knowing who I am game I finially got through to the actual builders. 'Ah yes we've been trying to contact you, the insurance company says its got to go back to the assessors and that we cant start work yet. Sorry luv' Mew! Mew! Mew!
So we are back to the old waiting game and getting back into the house stretches further away than ever before.
The to our insurence payout for the contence, they say we have to fill in some magical form they sent us the week of the flood and that without it we can not get our money - I can not find the form - sigh.
Hydrogen cost me another £20 in antibiotics becuase the poor little things wound was still oozing sticky gunk which wasn't good, I have to pick the stuff off of her everyday and wash her and make sure that the scabs over where her drain came out is scratched off and the wound kept open to drain. (Hope that made scense to someone).
Mum still has a gaping wound and so radiotherapy starts after christmas when hopefully it will have at least started to heal. Once on radiotherapy it has been advised that we dont go and see her as Jean will give her colds and stuff.
Sigh. Sorry I know this is all abit moany and stuff and I hope to have some cheerful stuff for you soon. But for now GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Mum had to go to A&E last night as her wound is now just bleeding all the time and is refusing to heal up. It has now been weeks and weeks since her operation and becuase of the infection in the sight her radiotherapy has been post poned. They have also decided not to give her chemo as it would probably kill her due to complications and stuff.
Instead they are putting her on some tablets that will cause hair thinning but not like chemo.
Hydrogen went to the vets yesturday and they decided not to take the drain out yet as she's still oozing puss and stuff, I'm still ramming antibiotics into her protesting jaw (which as she is a cat is full of needle sharpe teeth). They've shown me how to clean her wound and I bough another collar so that I can wash one and put a clean freash one on her after cleaning the wound. I take her back to the vets tomorrow.
