Still enjoying the sunshine and pesky Vikings!

Well, it's another gorgeous day.  I didn't have a great start though.

Squidge has a Viking Day at school.  She has dressed up as a Viking and she had to take in Viking-like food.  One of the items was crusty bread.  So I set a loaf to bake in the bread machine whilst I went out to church group last night.  When I got back the bread hadn't risen properly and was uncooked and very yeasty in the middle.  So I got up early this morning and baked another one...then I extended the bake.  It had risen and was a lovely golden colour, but no!  It was yeasty, doughy and uncooked in the middle and in various places!  What is going on?

So of course then there's a mad dash to the local shop for some crusty bread, G can't go to work until I come back because we only have one car and he's late to pick someone up.  Finally we get everything together, set off for school for me to realise halfway there that I've forgotten the apple juice.  So we turn around...EVENTUALLY my little Viking is at school - hopefully she will enjoy her Viking dinner!

Anyway, I'm sitting here with the laptop on my knee watching the guinea pigs through the window.  I've put them on the grass for a little bit of sunshine.  They love to eat the grass - perhaps if I got enough guinea pigs we would never need to mow the lawn again.

Guinea pigs enjoying the sunshine

Of course, you-know-who turns up for a gander.  She is fascinated by them...likes to sit on top of their cage on occasion.  She doesn't seem to bother them though.

"Aha!", said Boots, "Dinner!"

"Ha, ha!" said the guinea pigs, "You can't get at us!"

So, EVEN MORE EXCITING, I have washing on the line - *sigh* it just thrills my soul.

Such a joyous sight!

One of my baskets has tiny daffodils blooming, I have two more pots which haven't yet bloomed.

Spring has sprung.

Mum brought me some daffodils from Marks & Spencer for 10p!  Bargain. :)  You can see them in the next picture, I love spring flowers, so cheery after the winter months.

On the picture below you can see various little clay pots, etc. that the girls have made for me over the years, right from the green blob on the left that Chatterbox made me in nursery.

Kitchen windowsill

Well, I'd better get ready for work!

Have a lovely day, I hope that Spring is springing near you soon! :)

Guinea Pigs

This Christmas Chatterbox and Squidge got some guinea pigs.

When we got them both they were tiny little things.

To the left is Cookie - Squidge's guinea pig, to the right is Jelly Bean - Chatterbox's guinea pig (so named because Chatterbox thinks their poos look like jelly beans, lol)

Squige's guinea pig is now HUGE, well that sounds a little dramatic.  When we got them both we presumed they were brothers.  But one has grown so much bigger than the other.

Jelly Bean to the left, Cookie to the right

They LOVE cucumber and squeak and squeak at me if their daily food doesn't contain cucumber.  I'm wondering if they need to go into some kind of rodent rehab to get over their obvious controlling addiction. :D

Because it's so chilly we are keeping them indoors in a cage, when the weather warms up a bit they'll be outside in their two storey guinea pig mansion.

Because they are indoors they drive Boots a little crazy, she has launched herself at the cage a few times.  The guinea pigs just sit and look at her out of the corner of their eye whilst munching away on their din dins.

Boots in a total state of collapse. :)