As it was National poetry day yesterday, and several blog friends have been talking of books, I thought I’d tell you a story about a book I took to the Lakes with me last week. Nine years ago I was in the library looking for a new author, and decided to let fate play a …
Over the weekend, a colleague from the rescue and daughter and I were at Martin Mere, a Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust which is one of the world’s largest and most respected wetland conservation organisations, that is working globally to safeguard and improve wetlands for wildlife and people. This time I was giving wildlife talks and …
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For the next month, Liverpool is allowing the public free entry into Heritage Trust buildings across the city that are generally closed to the public, so I jumped at the chance of visiting St Luke’s, the old bombed out church. The Church of England church sits on a hill dominating the landscape, right next to …
Last Sunday I was face-painting, for Animal SOS Sri Lanka, to raise much needed funds for the street dogs and cats who suffer the most awful abuse and cruelty. This is the second year that a local charity has held a fun day and it’s now an annual event that hopefully will get bigger each …
It’s been a rather odd week for one reason and another and without realising it I think I’ve been feeling a little run down and tired. Often in life you can forget to really live and find yourself just going through the motions and not really seeing and experiencing things around you…. if you know …
An ancient rabbit brought into the rescue Now…..I’m not usually the type of girl that likes to boast, but this week I’m feeling rather proud of myself. Y’see I’ve finally learnt to speak dove. Now you may think dove is similar to pigeon, woodpigeon and collared dove, but let me assure you that it’s quite …
Well…..it would seem that Curly cat has decided to lose her freedom and become a house cat. The other night, I heard a mewling outside the kitchen door, and was astonished to see Curly cat sitting there, bold as brass giving Sam the eye! This is a rather unnerving development, as Curly usually sticks to …
Every day I muck out Herbie’s hutch, and clean his back legs. As most of you know, Herbie is a special needs hedgehog who has paralyzed back legs which means he can’t be released in the wild, so he lives in a rabbit hutch in the front garden. Well, yesterday I went out as usual …
Well….just look at what came in the post for me…..many thanks Sam, that’s my veggies taken care of for next year! And these ten palms I ordered arrived the same day. I think the hot weather has gone to my head and I now think I’m living in a tropical country. Still….they can survive -6 …
My juicy strawberries I’m finding it hard to believe that I’m in Britain, as the last six weeks have seen what I can only describe as tropical weather. We now have blazing sunshine mixed with torrential downpours with dramatic thunder storms thrown in. The heady scent of flowers and the rhythmic sound of rain are …
