Note the horrid spurs!
Birthday girls in the ruins
October 2 2014
Yesterday my youngest
grand daughter had her sixth birthday and her mum. Bo, invited all the girls in
her school class to a party. The only venue large enough was the poly house,
but my grand daughter was a flower girl there when Al got married and she was
very keen to have a party a bit the same.
Once again the straw
bales got arranged into chairs and tables but this time pink helium balloons on
long strings were allowed to float up as high as possible and could be pulled
down when needed. The weather was dry and mild so most of the time a herd of
small children ran in circles around the farm. The goat kids were a big
attraction, but the sheep took one look at the balloon-bearing hoard running at
them and took flight led by Zulu Warrior. He obviously decided he was no match
for what was coming!
I was very glad that
the sheep had chased off the peewits. I had discovered that these birds are
really called spur-winged plovers because they have large yellow spurs on their
wings! Some people think the spurs are poisonous but the Internet says this is
just a myth. Even so, having these birds mount swooping attacks on anyone going
out of or coming into the house is not much fun. The Internet recommended wearing a hat and protective
glasses but I look enough of an idiot already without doing that!
Bo made a three-tier
cake to go with the wedding theme, and some of the girls dressed as brides or
flower girls. Playing at weddings, though, was obviously not as much fun
exploring the farm at speed. At least everyone would have gone home well
exercised. I was anyway.
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