Corfu # 6 Vidos Island (part 1)

When I was in Corfu (it seems so long ago now) I visted Vidos Island, which is a short ferry ride from where we stayed. It is a beautiful little island that you can walk around quite easily if you have the energy. I took some lovely views but this is not what I want to share with you today. As we left the ferry, we stopped to have a drink at a small cafe and this was the floor show!
So what are these rabbits watching..........
....pheasants. It was so interesting to see that as the pheasants approached the rabbits closed in and positioned themselves in a way that looked threatening. The pheasants did not come any closer and pretended they didn't see.
Even the male decided to turn his back and walk away.
We came across this little area where a lady was feeding pheasants and turkeys, it was then that we decided maybe these and the rabbits were being bred for the table! Better not to dwell on this!


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2007: Twin Peaks at Sunset

Count Down Panic!!!!

I have had a really hectic day and it's almost 11pm and I am only now finding time to get on the computer, apart from about ten minutes reading a couple of posts while I ate my breakfast. I feel so tired I could easily fall asleep right here so this will be quick.
What made me so tired, well I made soup and baked a cake before breakfast, put a load of washing in the machine, and then thoroughly cleaned four of the bedrooms, made up 5 beds, washed floors, and front porch. In between my brother and sister-in-law called to bring my turkey so I stopped for coffee and a chat.
You may remember me telling you about my turkey in this post. I ended up with the bird below which weighed in at 18lbs. All I have to do tomorrow is prepare it for roasting which is not to big a task.
I made my cranberry sauce on Saturday.
I also made the first batch of mince pies.

My friend Kim who is home on holiday from Canada rang this morning and we decided this evening would probably be a good day for our get together. So after a bit of phoning I booked a table at local pub, and arranged for our other friend, Tina, to collect me on the way to pick up Kim. I needed to be ready by 5.45pm... at 5.20pm I was just going to get changed when Beccy phoned to make final arrangements about picking them up from the airport tomorrow. I expect you think I wasn't ready when Tina arrived but you'd be wrong, I had no time to dither and try on several things like I normally do before going out. I was actually hoping Tina was going to be late but for once she was on time so it was a good job that I was ready. After all the rushing we had a lovely relaxing evening catching up and looking at Kim's wedding photos (she got married in August just after Tina and I had visited her). I won't say anything about the meal itself as it nothing special but it was the company that was important. It's so nice to know that our friend is happy and settled. She wanted to know when we were going to visit again, so Embee when you read this you might need to keep working for a bit longer!
You can see why I'm now feeling pretty jaded so I'm off to bed as I need to get up early to finish a few more bits and pieces before the family arrive from Dublin!

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December 23th 2006: Two days and Counting

What's not 'Fare'!!

On Tuesday I took my mother out to visit my brother who lives about 20 miles away. His neighbours have a smallholding and I have shown you pictures of some of their animals in the past. During the last year the couple who live there have purchased part of the field and extended the areas for the animal. They have also extended the house and intend to offer 'Bed and Breakfast'.
Now the point of this story is that this is where my Christmas turkey is running around getting fat. This is not a big enterprise as there are only four birds being reared and my brother will do all the necessary come the time (I won't go into detail in case you're squeamish!). I thought you might like to see some photos. When my brother called them they came running. I don't think they would be so happy if they knew what he had in store for them.
The sheep were mildly curious. Actually I think they were amused by me trying to climb over a stile.
The two Gloucestershire Old Spots were snug but they did venture out to see if we had brought any food.
This goat is kept by himself and I can tell you he was giving us the evil eye. I was waiting for him to charge but he just kept staring.
The rest of the goats came out see what we were doing on their territory.


What could be better than a virtually home reared bird, that has freedom and good food!

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December 7th 2006: Ronda