Jack only just gets over the line in time  – –

It’s been quite a time over the last few days –

With the bathroom reconstruction over we headed down to South Carolina last Thursday to our friends in Simpsonville for the weekend for me to pre-record fifteen radio shows and for Wendy to get some expert advice for her much more widely heard shows. We always sidetrack to ‘Frugal McDougals’ to stock up on supplies for the months ahead which makes for a longer journey and means driving past Charlotte, which is always a challenge!

But we came home by backroads to Ashville and on up through Johnson City – much more relaxed!

While were gone our good friend Susi checked on our cats and chickens, including rescuing the teenage one from netting we had specifically arranged to keep them off our tomato plants. We were delighted to see she had started a mural in the aforementioned bathroom – she is a terrific artist!

Then on Tuesday morning we were wakened by our two cats screaming at something. Wendy checked under our bed – and there was a strange cat there. We have no idea how it got in the house!

Finally – yesterday we at last found where one of our chickens was laying her eggs, but then realized she’d gone broody and insisted on sitting on them. We may have to get her a small chick – – –