We have now had the chickens for a whole month and are collecting 4 eggs daily! We have to give most of them away because how many folk eat four eggs a day! Our dog Eddie took to them immediately which was a great surprise, I had imagined feathers flying but no, he just sniffed around them and showed more interest in investigating their coop. The only thing he objects to is if I pick one of the girls up, that he DOES NOT like. We give them a treat each day after they have had their run in the garden. They love my home made yoghurt, a cup of tea in the afternoon and virtually anything else we care to give them. I am having lots of trouble trying to upload a video on the blog at the moment, which is really strange because I have been able to do it easily in the past and I havent changed my camera settings at all. Our weather has been lovely for the last couple of weeks now and the tan is building up nicely so I should be quite brown by the time I go to Africa. My holiday arrangements took a bit of a battering when I discovered that my favorite safari Lodge, the Serena Samburu, had been ruined in the floods during March. I have decided therefore to re-locate to a lodge called Sweetwaters in the Laikipia district, which is near the Samburu reserve but is situated on a private conservancy called Ol Pejeta and is quite well known for its Chimpanzee sanctuary. I am really looking forward to the change although devastated about the loss of my special lodge in the Samburu.We have now had the chickens for a whole month and are collecting 4 eggs daily! We have to give most of them away because how many folk eat four eggs a day! Our dog Eddie took to them immediately which was a great surprise, I had imagined feathers flying but no, he just sniffed around them and showed more interest in investigating their coop. The only thing he objects to is if I pick one of the girls up, that he DOES NOT like. We give them a treat each day after they have had their run in the garden. They love my home made yoghurt, a cup of tea in the afternoon and virtually anything else we care to give them. I am having lots of trouble trying to upload a video on the blog at the moment, which is really strange because I have been able to do it easily in the past and I havent changed my camera settings at all. Our weather has been lovely for the last couple of weeks now and the tan is building up nicely so I should be quite brown by the time I go to Africa. My holiday arrangements took a bit of a battering when I discovered that my favorite safari Lodge, the Serena Samburu, had been ruined in the floods during March. I have decided therefore to re-locate to a lodge called Sweetwaters in the Laikipia district, which is near the Samburu reserve but is situated on a private conservancy called Ol Pejeta and is quite well known for its Chimpanzee sanctuary. I am really looking forward to the change although devasted about the loss of my special lodge in the Samburu. The garden is looking a real treat at the moment with lots of roses starting to bloom. Our Mimosa tree is growing like a mad thing and looked beautiful in the early Spring. The fig trees, or as I call them my breakfast trees, are full of baby figs, and the peach tree has lots of little peaches. The choir I joined is practising hard for our first concert which is next Saturday and then we have the big production of Zimbe an African extravaganza which should be an experience for all concerned both choir and audience. We are all wearing brightly coloured outfits made from genuine African cloth. A picture on the blog will follow before long. Well as they say in the Disney cartoon, "that's all folks" must get the washing in because it looks like rain - ah well C'est la vie.