Wendy, Monty and the chicks

3 chicks

Mother seems to be looking after them fine.

2 chicks hatched so far

2 chicks hatched so far, originally uploaded by thesnodgrass.

Sam has named them Dufrais and Augustina

We'll see. :o)

Why I love my HTC One X

I’ve been awaiting the release of the HTC One X ever since it was first announced, and for a while I was trying to come up with as many reasons as I could to justify buying it. Well, the other day, I finally took the plunge and splashed out on the device. I bought the One X in white, and it really does look great. I’ve been meaning to write a full review on it since I first got hands on it, well – here it is…

The first thing that I really like about the One X is one of the phones defining features; its size. Whilst it’s not as big as the Galaxy Note from Samsung, it’s still comfortably the biggest smart phone that I’ve owned. This is making on-screen interaction extremely easy for me, I much prefer operating at a more comfortable, larger size compared to the smaller screens of yesteryear. The screen is so large that whilst looking for a case, I didn’t know whether to buy a case for the iPad 3 . I remember when large phones were the least cool thing imaginable – but now they seem to be the biggest craze, with demand for smaller phones dying down. 

However, this larger screen does seem to be coming at a little bit of a cost. I’m currently getting just under a day of battery life per charge, meaning I have to charge it every single night. Although, I guess I’m using it more now whilst its brand new than I will be once I’m used to owning it, so I think that will improve

One thing I especially like compared to my last phone – the HTC Desire – is the fact that I can now have unlimited applications installed (within memory restrictions, of course). I used to hate the fact that on my Desire I constantly had to delete apps in order to get new ones!

I also like the fact that the phone has Beats Audio integrated, making all the songs that I have on there sound even more enjoyable than normal. I didn’t know Elbow could sound any better.

The performance of the phone can not be doubted, with its quad-core processor giving me speed that I didn’t know was possible in a phone, and I can honestly say that I would recommend the phone to anyone – the beauty of its slim, light and white body is just an added bonus.

George Washington's bow tie

Sam made this origami Bowtie from a dollar bill.

Watch Monty in an ad for Pedigree


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkgB8JPl1qg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Frogspawned

This was in a trough where sheep drink near Hidcote.

At the regal waiting for woman in black

Most frightening film I've seen in years. Sam watched about 20 minutes then closed his eyes and stuck his fingers in his ears.

She'll be smoking a pipe next.

Chickens are laying again

Even if one of them is a tad small, at least they are laying. Had a delicious breakfast of eggs, bacon, Moroccan flat bread spread with Harissa and an espresso made with a coffee pod.

Should chickens be laying at this time of year?

Lemur feeding

Lemur feeding, originally uploaded by thesnodgrass.

Lemur feeding

Mushrooming

Not all of them have horse poo on them, result!

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More Broadway Crayfish

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Ouch' I fell off my bike.

I'd only had one pint honest.

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Poultry tent

Sam bought 3 more bantams for his flock.

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Gene Kelly and his prizes

First prize plus loads of other rosettes at Moreton Show for the Kelly's, our old landlords.

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Henry weighing out malt for beer making

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Too much curry

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Oh No What Have I Done?

We are in a new town 4 miles from the coast, not much to see, stopped at a restaurant for a quick lunch and ended up buying the 2nd most expensive meal of my life !!!

I thought the kids steaks were going to be like burgers, at 4.50 euros each. Turned out that I had mis-read the menu and they were 45 euros. Total bill was 185 euros !!! which is nearly what we are paying for 2 rooms in tonight's hotel which is a 4 star !

I had to go on a long walk on my own afterwards to calm down.

My new latte jug.

5.90 Euros with a solid stainless steel body and a soft rubbery handle cover.

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