July 2025

Diary

Flossies egg / Gala / Cooper

Monday 7 July, 2025

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Monday 30th June

Very hot first thing; it was roasting overnight too.

Moved the sheep to Near Top.

Replace me Sheep into a very clovery Near Top.

Looking back from the field. I thought this looked rather pretty.

view View from the field.

Heatwave / Shallots / Garden

Monday 14 July, 2025

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Monday 7th July

Sunny and warm, rain overnight but not sure how much.

Moved the sheep into Far Top after Alistair came and took three away for the fat sales.
Sheep New field for the nine.

Tuesday 8^th July

Another hot day; we were in Stirling for our annual lunch with Jim & Jean. Always good to catch up and the Green Gate was excellent as always.

Clegs / Rain / Flowers

Monday 21 July, 2025

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Monday 14th July

Sunny and warm this morning, although cooler than last week. It was raining a wee bit last night at bedtime but the proper rains started about 1pm.

My cleg bites have blistered – got a whopper on my right ankle and am struggling to get a shoe on.

Took Bryn and Gwenna to the vet for their Lepto booster; Bryn has lost 400g, Gwenna nothing. But the vet said both were absolutely fine condition wise. They both had their nails clipped, which was a bit of a trauma.

Pears / Pony teeth / More pears

Monday 28 July, 2025

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Monday 21^st July

Wakened at 5am by torrential rain.

Thursday 24^th July

The wallflower have sprouted. I must get a watering can with a rose.

Friday 25^th July

I honestly cannot think of anything significant that happened in the last four days. The weather has been slightly cooler, with light cloud and the odd sunny interval.

Today, the vet was here to have a look at Mickey’s teeth. I noticed during the week that he was dropping food when he was eating. Half chewed carrots everywhere. We tried without sedation but he wasn’t having it. At first, Andrea couldn’t see anything other than a few slightly sharp edges, which she dealt with, along with the tartar on his front teeth. Then she thought he was a bit sensitive on his left side; she was doing an examination when a tooth fell out into her hard. Except it looked like it had been out for a while (no blood or anything) and jammed at an odd angle between the two adjacent teeth. Hopefully, he’ll be more comfortable now.