another week

the year is flying by, here we are at the end of March already - and that means end of year accounts. Why is it always 10p out? Maybe this year the books will balance as they should - then again that pig never did take to flight.
Anyway enough boring office stuff, what you want to know is that CJS Weekly is now falling off the printers as usual. 10 pages this week with 59 new paid posts of which 40 came direct to CJS. There's also the last warning about the impending subs changes next week. Out of the office windows we can see the bold daffodils standing tall and cherrily welcoming the cold sunshine. Don't forget the clocks go forward this weekend - summer's almost here!

Sunshine

Lovely warm sunshine all week, but not quite as much as TB who is sitting on a beach in Alicante knitting (yes, she's taken her knitting on holiday, needles safely in the suitcase). Good job it's been a quiet week without our fastest editor, back next week so you can start sending those job ads now!
On Wednesday evening the chirrup of bats was heard for the first time this year. The new (Christmas pressie from NC, thanks) bat detector was taken out and once a smoke alarm had been robbed of its battery, don't worry we replaced it later, the small speaker soon gave the squelch of a pipistrelle out of hibernation and looking for supper. We're hoping to hear brown long ears (they use the garage as a summer roost) and to catch the squeak of daubentons and noctules on their way across the fields to the river and nearly trees.
In fact it's been far too lovely to be stuck in the office...
CJS Weekly is now rolling off the printers, this week it's 10 sides long with 58 new paid posts, 40 of which came direct to CJS. it also contains the one thousandth vacancy advertised this year as well as the latest advance warning of the impending subscription rates change.

Latest Weekly

Is now dropping off the printers. This week it's 10 pages plus three of training for the coming month, there are 91 new paid posts of which 42 came direct to CJS. There is also the second advance warning about the impending subscription rate change along with a few more details about what's happening and why.
The owls have been hooting this week and the bulbs in the garden are showing their beautiful colours, although the snowdrops are almost over. So we think it must be spring!

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CJS Monthly

Only tiny this month at three pages but an additional four of events and training. Already online and paper copies will be sent out tonight due to reach you on Thursday. If you've not already done so we'd be grateful if you could check the address details and send back any corrections. We'll assume the details are correct until we hear from you.

Sunshine and snow

Although it's brilliant sunshine now we had another dusting of snow this week and there have been some very hard frosts overnight. Yesterday we had yellowhammers on the feeding station and it seems as if we're the join between two lots of robin territories - we've seen a few dust ups! Winter hasn't quite given up yet although spring is definitely chasing hard on its heels with some glorious bulbs showing their head above ground and the first few seedlings are appearing in pots in the greenhouse.
Despite the glorious sunshine we beavered away at the machinery and got CJS to print on time, this week it's nine pages with 53 new paid posts of which 30 came direct. the online copies are already available and post allowing paper editions will be there on Monday. This week's edition also contains the first advance warning notice of an impending change in subs rates.