For Valentine’s Day, last February, hubs bought a two hour trip to Puffin Island, in Anglesey. Up until May, Puffin Island is teeming with …..well, puffins, along with a host of other seabirds, with grey seals, dolphins and porpoises thrown in for good measure. For one reason or another, we simply haven’t managed to get …
A couple of years ago this little crab apple tree self- seeded itself in the front garden. This year, for the first time it’s utterly laden with crab apples which will be marvelous for the birds. It’s right next to a pyracantha….how they compliment one another! If only I had come up with that combination. …
Greenland Views from the plane are often the best views you get to see.To think these peaks are all above the clouds… First on my bucket list, in New York was the High Line, I could post hundreds of pics on this marvel alone. The girls….left to right, daughter, my good self, SIL, and beautiful …
Now….. I shant name this rose! Why? Well… I seem to be losing the plot of late! My lift doesn’t go all the way up, the lights are on but no-one’s home! I have sinned dear readers! Twice, in my last posts I have named plants incorrectly….more haste, less speed! Sooooooo sorry….I have given my …
It may be a universal truth, that the packing time for women is proportional to the length of time away, for men, it’s a constant. Bags had been being packed for days but on returning from the gym, I had the standard 15 minutes to throw what I might need into the last case available, …
This week I have been mummy hog to the four hoglets, who I have now named John, Paul, Ringo and Georgina, the Fab Four! Three boys and a girl! I had them for four days and nights and did feel the pressure. Hedgehogs are now endangered animals, and these are so tiny and young, so …
Yes, it’s that time of the year that finds us out and about in the parks of Liverpool trying to persuade people to neuter and micro- chip their bull breed dogs, for free of course, as there are far too many of these dogs in rescues across the region, one is being put to sleep …
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Last Friday I noticed a juvenile crow in the garden. It was lying on the log pile right next to Curly cat’s shed. Now, when I’m in wildlife, I’m constantly advising people on the phone to leave fledglings alone and to keep an eye out for the parents. So this was a case of taking …
Eighteen months ago my back garden was an utter dust bath! The dogs had run every blade of grass off the lawn, dug up or chewed through most of my plants and dug holes everywhere they shouldn’t….then, to top it all off, we had a Leylandii taken out which proved to be the final nail …
Read more “A talking bird, a giant bunny, and recovering gardens”
For the first time ever, the three Queens met on the River Mersey, in Liverpool, over the bank holiday weekend. Queen Mary, Elizabeth and Victoria, all came together in a magical river dance to celebrate 175 years of Cunard shipping, the home of which, began in Liverpool, hence the three ship salute. Given that over …
