Stars in our eyes

Hmmm .... looks like more filming going on

at the Open Air Museum ...

 Are they expecting trouble?

Mind you, some of the sheep here can give you a very Nasty Look.

More sensitive types could find it quite hurtful.

 Ah, here we are.

A village fete sorta kinda thing.

To advertise Subway ... can't say we've ever seen

any Subway stalls at any of the village fetes we've been to, 

so the setting seems a bit bizarre.

Oooooh look!

It says Pinewood!

Here we are!

Waiting the call!

Here we are posing with some of the stars of the ad.

Yes, they're props.

Let us tell you, all those actor-y types would be lost without 

the real stars of the show, the props!

Although we thought the barrels were perhaps a little wooden ...

To the rescue!

A bit of high drama last night.

Not to mention house demolishing

and very bad DIY ...

It all started when there was a noise like  half a ton of bricks

falling down the chimney.

We've heard it before so knew immediately that

 it was another bird falling down it. 

We roused the Madwoman out of her torpor

on the sofa and she undid the hole that already exists in 

the boarded-up fireplace from where birds have fallen down before.

This one was too big to get out of the hole though.

She stuck the camera in side to see what was in there

and it turned out to be a pigeon. 

Obviously too fat after stuffing itself on birdseed in the garden ...

So The Madwoman fetched the tree branch saw from 

the garden shed and made the hole bigger.

It still couldn't get out.

So she made the hole even bigger ...

Eventually, it decided that the dimensions were

satisfactory, and out it popped.

We've had a starling in there before (the same one twice), 

and a jackdaw. Now a pigeon. 

They are getting bigger all the time.

What will be next? 

A swan?

 

Just checking that the hole is empty

And double checking. Very important, is double-checking

Okay, the clear-up crew can move in now

And yet another bad DIY job ...

Cross dressing

We are resigned to the fact that the Madwoman is not 

the brightest of creatures, but sometimes her powers of observation

and lack of attention to detail amaze even us.

It was only when we all arrived at the Open Air Museum yesterday 

that she noticed that she had put the wrong collars on us - 

Archie was wearing Angel's, and Angel was wearing Archie's.

"Unisex! Unisex!" she kept saying to us, while changing them over,

as if that was supposed to be some consolation, or even a feeble excuse for

getting it so wrong. 

It was a warm day even by early morning, so we only had a short stroll, 

and kept to the shadiest areas.

It was only when we paused in the welcome leafy shade of the tree

on the village green to have a drink that she noticed that 

although we were now wearing the right collars,

we were wearing each other's muzzles.

Oh the shame ...
right collars, wrong muzzles ...

Sleeping position Number 6

Sleeping position # 6 in an occasional series

This is a good one for hot days

The Full Stretch

Curiouser and curiouser

There are Heavy Horses at Chiltern Open Air Museum this weekend.

In these days of political correctness, 

shouldn't they be called 'Weight Challenged ' or something?

We were too early to see any, but did find this notice.

Doesn't look like a particular dangerous or ferocious field.

Just shows you never can tell. 

Hope someone tells the Fat - sorrry - the Weight Challenged Horses.

Destressing

Not the best start to the day yesterday.

We had barely set a paw outside when

the Madwoman spotted a massive cat poop on the front lawn.

We dragged her away from it and cleverly distracted her

by suggesting we went to the Open Air Museum

where we allowed her to watch a bit of knifesmithing in the forge

 And then took her for a nice calming walk in 

the woods where it was nice and cool

Trouble was, when we got home the

stinky cat poop was still there ...

A musical interlude

Musical goings on at the Chiltern Open Air Museum

this weekend.

Yesterday we watched some setting up.

We checked out the festive bunting

And today we listened to some Victorian music

We did record some, but stupid Blogger won't download it.

And then we watched the mediaevel band jamming.

When we realised there wasn't any real jam involved, we left in search of lunch elsewhere.

More things to do in the woods

Climb trees

Get lost

  Sniff stuff

Drag the Madwoman up steep slopes

Find dead things.

Yes, it was like this when we found it.

Looks like someone will be enjoying 

free range organic vole for supper tonight.

Sleeping position Number 5

Sleeping positions

 Number 5 in an occasional series

The Kangaroo