A hush has descended of late. The birds are mostly silent now, shrouded by mist, and the days grow cold and gradually longer. A lone robin valiantly sings throughout the long freezing nights and still it rains. January is always a strange month at the rescue. The spring and summer chicks have been reared and have long since flown the nest and most …
Unbelievably, it actually stopped raining for a few hours today, so off I raced into the front garden to tidy up a little. I’ve noticed that the bulbs are shooting up, so I thought I’d make a start by clearing the leaves from the Lavender hedge, to see what lurked beneath. Lots of bulbs showing …
I was very grateful this Christmas, to be able to sit down to eat in a warm, dry house. It has rained continually here for the last month, yet the deluge that came down on Christmas day had me panicking. The courtyard suddenly flooded, something that has never happened before, and the water was a …
Being my usual disorganised self, Christmas, as is the norm around here, is sorted out in one crazy, stressful week! Finally, the decorations are up. The Carol concert has been attended, this year we went to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. A beer was enjoyed afterwards…. in the quaintest little pub in Liverpool. Presents are finally bought …
I almost called this post “rain, rain, rain RAIN“, and those words would have settled nicely to the rhythm of Baldrick’s WW1 poem. For those of you who haven’t heard it, see here. I am heartily sick of being utterly drenched, but that’s nothing compared to the suffering of those living in Cumbria who have …
Involvement with the rescue and finding myself in an odd spot, seem to go hand in hand. Last week provided me with a few more potentially disastrous situations. A first for daughter and I, was bag-packing at a local supermarket. Who knew how hairy this could be! There appears to be a divine order as …
There has been talk of climate change for years now, and while the alleged experts continue to debate the causes, the weather and seasons become ever more erratic and unpredictable, to the point where the process has now been given a name, “Weather Weirding.” Across the globe, incidents of severe and extreme weather are now becoming the norm. I …
A disappearing lawn….how many times have I been here? Dogs! Sighs. This summer I haven’t managed any gardening, at all! Borders are completely overrun with weeds, especially mare’s tail, brambles and ground alder. Shrubs and roses are in urgent need of a good prune and ivy and other climbers have long since escaped over the roof, fences or into trees, …
While having the log burner installed, all the furniture had to be removed from the lounge. Finally, it’s all now back where it belongs. When putting everything back, I began to pay particular attention to some of my ornaments, I mean, we live with these items day in day out, but do we ever really …
We were graced at the rescue this week, by the presence of a tawny owl. It had flown into the window of a garden center. Fortunately, given their talons, they are rather placid guests. Did you know that windows are responsible for the death of trillions x trillions of birds worldwide? Cats, cars and windows are …
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