Inside the chicken coop: Happy Summer Solstice!

Monday, 21 June 2010

Happy Summer Solstice!

Thousands of people flocked to Stonehenge over the last few days in order to celebrate the Summer Solstice.

Luckily the alternative stone circle in the Shropshire countryside was a lot more tranquil, but equally as magical as the girls soon discovered! Hope it get's them laying more eggs!

Have a great Summer Solstice everyone, how ever you choose to spend the longest day!

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klahanie21 June 2010 at 11:48
Fantastic Diane. The picture reminds me of 'Stonehens' lol
I live in Leek and many will gather here tonight to watch the 'double sunset'.
I had a most magical day. Here's hoping you did also.
In peace, Gary x
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Diane Perry21 June 2010 at 22:02
Hello Gary
I am glad you had a magical day too, it's a special time when anything can happen!
Love Di
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Unknown22 June 2010 at 08:59
Brilliant photograph as ever!
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Simon Whaley23 June 2010 at 08:50
Your chicks sure do rock!
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Anonymous27 June 2010 at 06:57
LO Well Well Stonehenge now in Bitterley, how remarkable, your recreation is just like the original, I just love it & I can see one of the girls inspecting your handy work which I must say I'm impressed, hope on this day your BBQing such a warm hot sunny day.

Ian
xxx
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Hello and welcome to my blog. I hope you have fun viewing some of the photos and stories, a lot of them are aimed at the younger generation, but hope will appeal to anyone who loves keeping chickens as pets. I have been keeping chickens for several years now, they really inspire my writing as they are very comical. My original hens inspired me to write my book 'One Hundred Ways For A Chicken To Train Its Human' which was published by Hodder and Stoughton in March 2007. Now this little clan keep me blogging about them.

Apart from my hens, I do write other stuff too, I am trying to get my Novel - Red Kite, Published but it's so difficult without an agent, and trying to find an agent is equally as hard. However I shall not give up - that's the one thing I am certain of. In the meantime I am writing freelance magazine articles and children's stories.

Gentlemen of the River - Phyllis Blakemore

I am very proud to announce that my Mother has just had her book published. ' Gentlemen of the River - The last Coracle men of the Severn Gorge' is a lovely book about the lives of the coracle men who spent most of their lives around the River Severn in Ironbridge. It spans the generations of the Rogers family who had a long history of coracle making. My Mom knew Eusty very well as she grew up in Ironbridge. He was the very last of the coracle men of that time. I lived there for some time too and he was a wonderful character. It was very sad when he died on January 31 2003 as a lot of skill and a huge amount of memories went with him.

The photographs show a glimpse of what life was like in Ironbridge before it was a major tourist attraction and helps to tell the story of an ancient craft which is still going strong with the modern day coracle makers of today.

It is published by Stenlake Publishing Ltd and priced at a very reasonable £7.99.

Barmouth 2009

We recently took my Mom to Barmouth for a weekend break and had hours of fun on the beach by drawing animals in the sand. We had limited time to create our sand art, as the sea was fast on our heels. My Mom really surprised me when she drew a perfect Micky Mouse, which I feel was good enough for any comic of today. Our chickens were not so good, and they were soon to be washed away by the tide, but the memories of that time on a deserted beach as three adults being children again will remain as a lovely end to the summer of 2009.

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Monday, 21 June 2010

Happy Summer Solstice!

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