The subject of neurodiversity is a hot topic at the moment, especially at the end of primary school SATs week.
Having gone through this a few times with my family, on a couple of occasions not so smoothly, I have tremendous sympathy with any parents and children going through the process.
I have to confess, it's not been the most positive of months on the farm, we've been rolling with punches slightly.
Nothing out of the ordinary, just a smorgasbord of cows you really want to be in-calf, not being, a bull calf from sexed semen, obstreperous walkers thinking they know better where the footpath goes, customers stealing bottles and so on.
On the subject of customers behaving badly, I came home from a farmers market to find the milk hut awash with strawberry milk.
Looking back on the CCTV we uncovered the incident. A male and female customer both bought a litre of flavoured milk in a glass bottle, he put the lid on, turned it upside down to shake the syrup, she did the same but didn't put the lid on and whoosh all over the floor, the footage was almost like a ‘You've been framed‘ clip. At least it gave us a laugh.
On a more positive note, Stephen and I attended the launch of an exhibition at The Bronte Parsonage in Haworth, the title of the work was Hardy and Free, a quote from Emily Bronte, I wish I was a girl again, half savage and hardy and free.
It is an immersive exhibition with soundscapes, recorded interviews and a reel of images projected on to a backdrop.
Back in February, the photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn came to the farm to photograph and interview me for the exhibition, on a day where the words 'wild' and 'wuthering' came to mind.
So I am featured along with a dozen other women and a wild swimming group, to whom the countryside and green spaces mean so much.
All this came about because someone saw something on Twitter and one of my then New Year's resolutions was to say 'yes' to opportunities.
The exhibition is a total triumph and even my cynical, not really interested in art or the Bronte's husband was impressed. If you are in the area it's well worth a visit and I believe it runs to the end of the year.
