Thought for today:
Don't join book-clubs and be sure to keep your own counsel regarding your choice of reading, for the books you choose to read can tell more about your character than the fullest page in your private diary.
Ferries: All as normal today.
We recommend checking the ferry web site if you are travelling any great distance, click the link: Cape Clear Island Ferries.com
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Wet or Dry:
Dry overnight and throughout the day.
Sunny or Cloudy:
It's hard to keep saying that the sky is beautiful but we live here because it is beautiful more often than not.
This morning the Sky is blue with thin white streaky clouds - and is beautiful.
Night Sky
Clear and more stars than grains of sand on the beach.
The constellation Orion rises in the south at midnight and is a joy to see.
Jupiter is still the brightest planet and rises early evening. It can clearly be seen in the south after dark.
Temperature:
A chilly start but it will probably be another hot day.
Windy or Still:
No wind.
Sea Condition:
Calm.
Tides - approx:
High:
Low: 04.00
High : 10.00
Low: 16.26
High: 22.24
Using 24 hour clock
Birds: see also http://capeclearislandnews.blogspot.com/ .
Red Flanked Bluetail
Red Throated Pipit
Red Backed Shrike
Pied Flycather
Ring Ouzel
All on 10th October 2010, reported by John Lynch
Chickens x 5: Maggie; Oraiste; Teapot; Billybob; Ginger
Plumage: looking good (haven't moulted since I had them)
Billybob has a problem. Her crop appears to be compacted. I will isolate her today and see if I can clear the blockage.
Last night I set them free to roam the larger garden and then forgot to let them back in to their run. I went out when I remembered, at 9pm, to find them settled in the bushes for the night. They are silent when you approach, an inate defence mechanism from times past when their ancestors perched in the trees at night. They are hot when picked up - like a little group of furnaces. So I put them on to their perch, one at a time, but couldn't find Maggie. This morning she was waiting at the gate for her breakfast.
Eggs:none so far at 8.30am
Flowers
Roses looking lovely - pink and gorgeous..
Fuschia is still a delight and full of bees buzzing.
Marigolds are gorgeous.
Geraniums are in flower.
Too many flowers to mention them all.
Vegetables from the walled garden
Lettuce
Onion
Carrots
Spinach
Cabbage
Beetroot
Potatoes
Planted turnips
We had tomato,carrot, and onion soup a few evenings ago and it was lovely mmmmm!
Water Shortages
Please use water sparingly as water is still rationed on Cape
Fishing:
Decorating etc - no time for fishing this week.
Books: Currently reading:
Henry Martyn Field's History of the Atlantic Telegraph, published 1866:
The story of the heroic struggle to connect America with Europe.
Terry Coleman's Passage to America, published 1972.
