The puppies are just walking. They’ve been moved this morning to the puppy pen and started on solid food. Big day for them!

"Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." —Mary Oliver

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." —Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Bonfire at a friend’s farm. With chilli and jacket potatoes.

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." —Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī

Visited a woodturning tool manufacturer yesterday. Had a tour of the workshop.

"You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

I made bread. In my new Dutch Oven.

Fluffy and friend.

My pal, 21, also known as Fluffy, tucking into silage this morning.

"Little by little, one travels far" —J.R.R. Tolkien

The boys this morning! Big cuddles with 21. (Second from the left).

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." —Marcel Proust

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." —W. B. Yeats

Sound on for puppy dreaming! ⤵️

"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." —Carl Sagan

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." —E. B. White