Each evening as it get’s dark I hear the geese flying overhead and love to listen to their melancholy calls. You can just about see them in this pic. As the hour has gone back it’s now dark at four thirty. I love autumn but the long dark evenings can be depressing and leave …
I have to say, it’s certainly been a week of firsts for me. Some of them good…..some certainly not so good! As some of you may remember, I signed up as a volunteer months ago with the Cinnamon Trust This is a wonderful organisation where the pets of elderly people are cared for while they are …
And so it begins. After the tree debacle I put my thinking cap on and began to develop the bones of my new back garden. I was sick of looking at the dust bath so I decided to get stuck in now rather than waiting for spring. I started by putting the stone circle that …
As autumn is well and truly here I set about creating a few twig piles for the hedgehogs to hibernate under. I stack the branches and then completely cover them with dried leaves which provides a snugy hidey hole, not just for the hedgehogs but for all sorts of other creatures. Come spring I …
A few weeks ago all hell broke loose, and it’s taken me about that long to get over it. It all began when we had to have this aging 60 foot Leylandii tree taken down as it was dying and was beginning to sway in a rather alarming manner. A nice chap was hired who …
Remember my little miracle bird that flew headfirst into a speeding car a few weeks ago? Well, I’m DELIGHTED to announce that it’s now been released. It spent a few weeks in an aviary where it flew perfectly so now it’s back in the big wide world…..whoever would have thought it eh? AMAZING! And Missy, …
Read more “Rescue update, animal buddies and a new winter home for Herbie”
Now I’m back from the Lake District, I’ve simply had to book another holiday there, so I’ll be going again next spring. I really must try and wean myself away from the place and maybe go to Scotland or Ireland….but I’m addicted to the natural beauty there. It has it all for me, mountains, rivers, …
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 …
Read more “Of wildlife talks and a few very SCARY children.”
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 …
