Our New Life in the Country: It's a Very Merry Christmas from ...

Saturday, 23 December 2017

It's a Very Merry Christmas from ...

It's a very Merry Christmas from ... Ginger.

... from Mavis

and from Suky

Ginger proving he can still eat his dinner even while wearing a Santa hat.

The chickens have been a victim of their own success.

Egg sales have been fantastic and we are wiped out for Christmas, so it's time to shut up shop for a couple of days and build up some supplies again, and talking about shutting up shop ... I'll be back blogging in a few days too.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas

from

Sue and Alan

Suky, Mavis and Ginger

Jack and his ladies. xx

"Can I take these off now please?"

37 comments:

e23 December 2017 at 17:38
Happy Christmas to you and your lovely animal friends! I hope you all have a wonderful 2018.
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Kathy23 December 2017 at 17:41
Happy Christmas to you both and also to your beautiful animals. Here's to good gardening in 2018. Thank you for your blog, missed it very much when you had a break.
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Mac n' Janet23 December 2017 at 18:01
Merry Christmas to you, your family band all the critters
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Jules23 December 2017 at 18:14
A very Merry Christmas to you too Sue, Alan and the gang. Thank you for sharing your world with us. X
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Sue in Suffolk23 December 2017 at 18:17
Hope you all have a lovely Christmas rest, see you on the other side
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John Going Gently23 December 2017 at 18:34
Winnie is outdone by a pug
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tilly23 December 2017 at 18:38
best wishes to you and you little family, nice to meet you at the flower show this year
Tilly
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Maria23 December 2017 at 18:40
Sue, I have absolutely loved following your and Alan’s adventures this year. Thank you for sharing your house, garden, fur babies with us and all the best for an amazing 2018!
Merry Christmas.
regards Maria watching all the way from New Zealand :-)
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Simple Living23 December 2017 at 18:46
Happy Christmas to you all x
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Kim @ Him, Him Me23 December 2017 at 18:55
Happy Christmas to you all from us in Birmingham
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Amy23 December 2017 at 18:59
Merry Christmas from Clearwater, Florida to all of you..I,too, love reading your blog and thank you for sharing. The animal pictures are so adorable!
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Margie from Toronto23 December 2017 at 19:10
Merry Christmas to all of you from Toronto.
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Jan23 December 2017 at 19:40
Merry Christmas to you all!
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Bonnie23 December 2017 at 20:11
How wonderful to see these pictures of Ginger, Mavis and Suky! Also a treat to see you and Alan! Thank you for sharing you lovely blog and a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!
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tylasnan23 December 2017 at 20:44
Merry Christmas to you all from Queensland, Australia!
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Joy23 December 2017 at 21:05
Loving the photos and wishing you a very happy and contented Christmas.
J x
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Fran in Aus23 December 2017 at 21:14
Wishing you and you, Alan and your fur and feather family a wonderful Christmas and stunning 2018. And many thanks for always having such an interesting blog.
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Jill23 December 2017 at 21:32
Lovely cheerful post. Happy holidays to you and yours. Thank you for the joy your blogging brings to us.
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Anonymous23 December 2017 at 22:00
Happy Christmas from Yorkshire x
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Simon Douglas Thompson23 December 2017 at 22:02
No cat I have ever owned would let me put something on its head! Lovely animals
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angryparsnip23 December 2017 at 23:43
Merry Christmas from Tucson, Arizona !

cheers, parsnip and mandibles
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earthmotherwithin24 December 2017 at 02:12
Merry Christmas from Perth Western Australia
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Barbara M.24 December 2017 at 02:31
Merry Christmas from Florida.

I only comment once in awhile but I read your blog all the time. Love it and thank you.
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Janice24 December 2017 at 02:40
Merry Christmas to you all from New South Wales. I’m so pleased you started blogging again, as I missed seeing your happenings. All the best in the New Year with your new exciting challenges.
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Virginia24 December 2017 at 03:53
Marry Christmas to you two and the furred and feathered menagerie too Sue. Thank you for your blogs, I do enjoy them. I wish I could send you a picture of our Goldie, taken at her DaggyDayCare, looking decidedly embarrassed by tinsel and a superego costume! Definitely below her dignity!
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Poppy Q24 December 2017 at 08:19
Merry Christmas to you She and Alan and the gang. Your posts are highlights if my day.

Julie and poopyq
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Pensive Pensioner24 December 2017 at 11:22
Wishing you all a very happy Christmas
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Amanda24 December 2017 at 13:35
Merry Christmas to you all. So glad you decided to continue with your blog. Look forwRd to hearing about your new challenge in the New Year.
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Unknown24 December 2017 at 19:05
A Happy Christmas from Ireland where we are visiting family :)
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rusty duck24 December 2017 at 22:52
Merry Christmas one and all.
Just love that last pic x
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jenny_o25 December 2017 at 00:17
Those pictures are priceless! Merry Christmas to you and your family :)
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Janice25 December 2017 at 06:21
Merry Christmas to you, Alan and the menagerie from snowy Alberta, Canada.
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tahoegirl.blog25 December 2017 at 15:34
Merry Christmas from Northern California!
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Jackie26 December 2017 at 15:00
Merry Christmas to you from the frozen prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada.

God bless.
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Anonymous31 December 2017 at 15:30
Followed your blogs for sometime now and enjoy reading your posts along with the animal pictures that make me smile.
A very Happy New Year to you all :)
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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