Well, yes, I was. But have I been idle? No! 8lbs of blackcurrant jam from my own bushes and I have been working on this fellow..........
And this is what he is looking like. I see immediately that his beak is wrong (the comb and wattle are only pinned on fortunately) and he obviously needs a lot more work. But he has kept me busy today and I think
I am going to be quite pleased with him ! My 'studio' (aka the conservatory for COS) is covered in scraps of fabric and I have the U3A embroidery women coming tomorrow afternoon and George has a church meeting in the evening so tomorrow MUST be a tidying up and putting the duster round morning. Yuk.
A fine chap indeed!
ReplyDeleteOur blackcurrants need picking... I was thinking blackcurrant jelly.
And - it's raining proper rain this morning, hope it is falling on your garden too (it's St Swithin's Day... does that mean...?)
Celia
I have a morning like that lined up too. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteHe certainly is a very fine fellow!
Hope that downhearted feeling has passed Mavis. The cockerel is looking rather splendid!
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