Second post of the day but the first 'diary' entry. Its been a fairly quiet day at the Old Barn today. Catching up with some much overdue housework was the plan for the day which i was semi successful with. With Grace around there's always an easy distraction to drag me away from the boring chores! Spent some time this afternoon playing in the field in what little sunshine we saw today. Grooming the ponies and Grace chasing the chickens. Then it was a little messy baking session to make pastry for our quiche for dinner.....which i burnt!
Graces nap time was spent searching for a pattern for a dress i'd like to make. I think i;ve settled on this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Monique-Dress-Sewing-Pattern-Serendipity-Studio-/150585491959?pt=UK_Crafts_SewingPatterns_EH&hash=item230f9841f7
So now i just have to choose some fabric.
Managed a ride on Bimble my old arthritic girl tonight. She's really suffered from not being ridden while i was pregnant and while Grace was tiny. I've only really recently started to find the time to ride more regularly so i'm hoping we can build up a bit of muscle and get her in a better state so that she will have a good few more years in her yet.
Finally we had a go at candling the eggs in the incubator. It's the first time we've done it so we're not 100% confident of the results but i think 8 of the eggs are clear and will not hatch. I've marked those ones and put them back in the incubator to see what happens. Being novices to this i'd hate to be removing perfectly viable eggs by mistake. Today is day 13, so watch this space in just over a weeks time and we'll see whether my predictions on which ones will hatch is correct!
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