concerts, bbc

OK so we have not managed to get anything on the blog and the website is due to be tidied up today too.
Things are going well for Fiona Katie and we have done some negotiations with the BBC this last week for Fiona Katie to do some work for them on 30th March 2011.

Also on Tuesday this week Fiona Katie played for the Lord Mayor and will also be appearing at the pain clinc which I attend in May 2011.

In addition to this she will be doing another concert in East Morton.

Well best get on and have a crack at these web pages

A Symphony for Yorkshire

Well, we just heard it full blast on the computer (where everything is heard these days)! I am looking forward to actually seeing it again next week - Benjamin Till has huge creativity and sensitivity, not just for music and his ability to include a whole multitude of musicians and make them feel special - but wait till you see what he does with directing a camera ... You will see a steam train puffing in time to the music - done in one take apparantly! A beautiful girl with such a sense of fun blowing through her thumbs in perfect tune - on top of a bus! a surf board dancing in the middle of Sheffield .... Everytime you will see something different.

Things are tough for a lot of people out there at the moment, we are hanging on by a thread it seems but this will make you want to dance!!!! Looking forward to watching it next week - see you there!!!!

chicken rescue at midnight

In the corner of our field by the wood all overgrown with nettles is an old caravan. It has been taken over by chickens and last night Dave was locking them in when he heard a sound. Sadly, a dying hen - maybe a fox attack or mink. He was about to come back in when he heard a tiny squeak and out from under the caravan rolled a chick.

It took 2 car jacks, an awful lot of nettle stings and a neighbour's help but eventually he passed out the chicks and then the eggs and I rushed back to the house. The eggs were cold and one of the chicks had 'done the splits' and wasn't moving much.

I stuck the box into the oven of the Rayburn - (and left the door open!) Found the incubator and turned it on in the living room. It took about an hour to heat up and all the time I had to monitor the oven temperature by leaving the door wide open or closing it slightly again ... but ... amazingly all the chicks were soon jumping around and cheeping loudly and the eggs were 'chipping'. This morning we have 9 beautiful bouncing fluffy chicks and one egg still to hatch - a 'blooming miracle'!!!

Thank you so much for the 'comment' - so funny and thanks to Circus Envy for the mention on yr blog - all the best to you all