Sad End

On closing my two girls this evening I found Tilly had died. Such a shock. She had been fine the previous day but because it rained all day I had not seen either her or Polly as I'd just left them with the run to play in as too wet to be in the garden. I shall really miss her cheeky character and penchant for cuddles. She has featured in my blips over the years but these three are her major starring roles - saving Blipfoto,  Blipfoto Forever and of course   unwanted xmas Present! Both her and Milly have given me so much happiness over the last 5 years since January 2013 - I hadn't intended to get home hens but on going to get hens for the coop these two were just irresistible and came home with me. My first moment of real happiness after losing my mum in the October. So much has happened in those 5 years - making the decision to leave work, losing Friend and of course discovering blip. It feels like the end of an era. The strange thing is I did not cry - I usually do when a pet dies. Maybe it is because there are so many worse off things happening in the world and so many suffering and  so much loss. I'd seen Vegan Jo in the afternoon and her mum is better but not out of the woods - waiting for biopsy results but they found gall stones and a jelly like flap obstructing her bile duct. Tilly had a wonderful life, she made me so happy - I'm remembering that. Tomorrow I will take her to the allotment and bury her next to Milly. 
I've decided to take Polly up to the allotment too - a solo hen is not a good thing. She came to me with Izzy and Henrietta so I'm hoping they will meet each other like old familiar friends - and that the other hens will be kind to her and not henpeck her too much to establish the new pecking order in the coop! 
I've seen so many breeds of bantams I would so love to have - but for the moment hens at home is over. I shall dismantle the coop and it's corrugated plastic covering and reclaim the space for me, my plants and Milkshake. 
These vegetables are biscuits I bought myself a few weeks ago when I felt like cheering myself up. They came in a gorgeous tin with loads of other vegetable themed biscuits! I knew I was going to blip them before I ate them - I can now eat these four! As Tilly is going to be on my allotment a vegetable themed happy blip seems appropriate.