I am poorly - otherwise known as sick in Canada.

Several times I have used the expression poorly if someone has been sick only to be met with blank looks.

Also the use of the word fortnight is rarely recognised. And don't tell your son or husband to go and put on a jumper in front of your Canadian friends or they will think that he is cross dresser. A jumper here is a kind of pinafore dress as far as I can ascertain.

We may speak the same language, but actually we don't.

Its fun to find out what the differences are though.

Anyway my cold has me up at 4:00am forcing down an imported Beechams hot lemon.

Thats one tip for those still to make the move over here. Bring much medication - Paracetamol, Ibuprofen etc in  your container or luggage.

The every day stuff is really expensive here.Compared to 24p a pack of 16 you will pay a few dollars.

Everyone who comes from Britain brings us drugs.

There is another expression. Drugs. Its ok if  a friend asks if you have any drugs. They are often not soliciting for narcotics, but may just have a headache.

I tell you the average Canadian needs a short course in the English version of English before they holiday over in Blighty. They run the risk of arrest or worse.

Things on the farm are good. I have been riding my little mare who is improving all the time.

The chickens who went through a lean laying time duing the hotter humid parts of the summer are now laying great guns. Also the 100 day olds we bought back in the spring are laying now too.

We have sold a few of the young uns, so we probably have in the region of 150 in total now.

We do an egg delivery round on a Friday morning. We deliver locally and as far as Moncton for $3 a doz.

We also have a cooler in our front porch with an honesty box and people stop by and pick up eggs as they please.

It tends to work well. We probably loose a little but not enough to notice at the moment.

On the subject of honesty, we were walking through a really nice subdivision the othr day. The houses are in the region of $400,000 upwards. On the open porches are some really nice patio sets with embroided cusions and the like. They wouldn't last two minutes in most areas of the UK.

Its sad to think that, but its true.

The holiday accommodation is almost done.

Shane & Chinook put the kitchen cupboards together for the Hol apartment.

The kitchen area taking shape.

The lounge/kitchen/dining area with the two bedrooms off.

Its all way past this stage now. I will take some more pics when its all ready.

This is Jill's response to having a nice hose down after riding. A good roll in the nearest dirt patch.

Luckily she scrubs up pretty well.

The turkeys are all but ready to be dispatched. we shall be sorry to see them go as they are quite good fun. Shane is struggling with idea at the moment.

He would make a good vegitarion if he didn't like meat sooooooooo much!

These are not named individually. They are collectively known as turkey dinner.

They are more rewarding to raise than the meat king chickens who just sit and eat and do nothing else.

The Turkeys lke to grub around and lie and snooze in the sun. They really enjoy it when the goats are in with them for the day. They used to sit in them when they were smaller. Now they are rivaling them in size.

Anyhoo its probably time I should try and go back to bed to try and sleep.