Friday, February 08, 2008

Abandoned, dogs and hack.

1. Birds nests in winter trees.

2. Bill's dogs Gwen and Sweep. Gwen is small and wriggly; Sweep is more sedate and coming up for retirement. He waits patiently when Bill goes out of sight, but Gwen runs around looking for him.

3. Using a bill hook to hack at the base of a hawthorn branch so that it lies flat to make a hedge.

Awake, potato cake and done.

1. To wake of my own accord in the dark not long before the alarm. 2. Nick's potato cake today is a thing of beauty -- warm inside, with...