Stella Sykes

Author, alpaca, chicken and dog owner and blogger

[Stella Sykes @SykesStella]

I have no idea why some dogs wait patiently while their food is being prepared and others think that jumping might speed up the porcess!
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Love my dogs but don't want to share my bed with them - yet another reason to disagree with Chris Packham.
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#countryside #grumpyoldwomen #laughteristhebestmedicine #onlywhenIlaugh #fieldsports

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My six rescue hens arrived featherless a month ago but are looking much better. They reward me for their first taste of freedom with eggs and nothing beats a fresh egg in the morning. https://t.co/0Wi9tx5msA

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To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
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Forget Stoptober and Movember it's Deceitber!
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This Snowflake Generation.
A council closed the swimming pool because they can’t afford to heat it – we swam the English Channel and refused to come out despite chattering teeth. No Costa del Sol for us, just Heinz tomato soup and sand sandwiches.
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I've been listening to The Archers forever but it seems to have become less of The Everyday Story of Country Folk and more The Everyday Story of Suburban Folk.
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@KatieFforde Poor spider must be terrified - there should be an NSPCS - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Spiders! 😀

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Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

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When did saying No become a No-No?
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#grumpyoldwomen #modenlife #doglife

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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire – unless you’re trying to cook chicken on the BBQ.
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#grumpyoldwomen #growingolddisgracefully #modernsayings

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How things change over time!
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What do Welsh politicians think is gong to happen to all the greyhounds once they ban racing? Some may get re-homed but most will be put down in the name of animal lovers. https://t.co/0Wi9tx5msA

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Apparently I belong to the Silent Generation - presumably this is because I look at the modern world, sigh and mutter 'Really' under my breath.
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Nobody likes Christmas pudding it is just one of those you have to do at Christmas, like seeing your family. https://t.co/0Wi9tx5msA

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The Archers! Should George have been given a prison sentence in an adult prison - what good will that do him? Aren't we trying to reduce the prison population? https://t.co/0Wi9tx5msA
#TheArchers

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Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional! Trying to avoid the gap between eccentricity and dementia.
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When did ‘like’ become so ubiquitous? Just heard two people being interviewed on Radio 4 and it was so distracting when they used it multiple times in every sentence. In the end it was only word I could hear.
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Apparently vegans are being advised not to say 'cheese' when they are being photographed. Saying 'tofu' as an alternative gives a suitably miserable vegan face.
Unfortunately flowers were harmed in the taking of this photograph.
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