While at the Lakes, we stayed at our usual cottage, The Stable, which nestles in the heart of Eden. This glorious waterfall is right outside the cottage and the endless rushing, roaring and thundering, is utter music to my ears. While we were there it poured down almost every day, but being the stoical little …
A squab. Life is becoming hectic at the rescue, the first of the orphans are beginning to arrive, and currently we have several pigeon chicks needing hand feeding…I just love these ugly ducklings! You should SEE how much they eat in one sitting! There are several blackbird chicks on syringe feeds every twenty minutes…. along …
How beautiful Vesuvius looks while sleeping, yet beneath that calm exterior lurks a brooding cocktail of gas and molten rock that could blow at any moment… Private home I found Pompeii utterly compelling. To think the town still stands, three thousand years after being bombarded by rock, gas and ash. I don’t think anything we …
We’ve had some really atmospheric misty mornings and evenings recently, and I must say, I’m a huge fan of mist! Easter Sunday dawned, and hubs and I were wandering along a lonely stretch of canal in search of the perfect place to release the grebe that came into the rescue recently. Now….research was conducted and …
It’s been horrendously wet and windy over the last few days, and as a result we’ve had several birds brought into the rescue looking utterly exhausted. This pheasant was found soaking wet lying by the side of a road. He’s sporting his finest plumage at the moment hoping to attract the ladies. Hopefully, a …
Is it just me or are any of you having problems receiving email notifications of blogspot posts? I am still subscribed to the blogs but haven’t had any notifications for over a week. I am trying to keep up with blogspot posts, but bear with me if I’m missing some, I’m trying to get …
I was delighted when hubs Valentine’s Day present finally arrived. I chose these plants to compliment a wildflower border in the front garden that I’d grown from seed a couple of years ago. Once the wildflowers, Marshmallows, Muskmallows and Hollyhocks die back there is little of interest, so hopefully these additions will add a little …
As I’ve told you before, we have several tame robins at the rescue. They are all born wild, but have got so used to people that they will often flutter into the hoghouse and sit on the table, merrily twittering for a titbit, so of course we put a little seed out for them. And, …
Yes….. it’s that time again. My first release of the year! As the weather has become a little milder I was asked to release twelve birds; nine pigeons, a racing pigeon, a mighty fine fancy pigeon and a wood pigeon. I always leave the crates on the lawn and let the birds wander out in …
Hi guys, most of you know that I’m a laid-back kinda guy, deeply dippy, always chilled and y’know….I’m the fella who takes everyone as he finds them. So when I go walkabout with She Who Must Be Obeyed, The Bloke and Annie, I always see it as an opportunity to meet and greet the guys …
