a very merry little Christmas and a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. A huge thank you for taking the time to read my blog and for sharing your lives. How I appreciate you all. Stay safe everyone, we will make it to the other side. xxx
Despite being struck down by the lurgy, hopefully not the plague this week I’ve finally managed to get the decorations up. Normally I’m the biggest humbug on the face of the earth, but this year I’m actually enjoying the run up to Christmas. I’m delighted that I haven’t had to power around the shops, one …
A Fist full of ferrets This year has been the busiest ever for our wildlife and small mammal unit. All creatures great and small have flowed through the doors, so I thought I’d share a few of them with you. We’re still rats, smell it first guys, smell it first Talking of wildlife, there’s a …
While still glowing from my recent candle making session, I decided to jump from simple container candles to using moulds. I read the lengthy instructions, gathered all the ingredients and got stuck in. On went the wax to melt, complete with a thermometer to ensure the melting wax never reached 90 degrees, the ignition point. …
Of late everything looks and feels a little hazy, due to a combination of shrouded mist and eternal drizzle. A little how the world is at the moment, I suppose. It’s like ground hog day around here during the second lockdown, we don’t really do anything outside the house except walk the dogs and Littl’urchin. …
It’s now dark by four thirty and it’s really difficult to adjust to it. Hubs and I have to build up to walking the dogs in the pitch black and the endless driving rain. It’s so strange seeing bus after empty bus passing us by. How odd it must be for the drivers. I took …
Released ducks raised from chicks. It’s been business as usual throughout the pandemic in terms of animals pouring through the doors, if anything, we have been even busier. Woodpigeon chicks. All essential staff have continued to care for the animals throughout, their dedication and selflessness is admirable. Unfortunately volunteers have been unable to visit the …
I was shocked and utterly horrified to hear that Peanut and her chicks had been run over and killed recently. It really is heart breaking to think she’s gone, just like that. I hope it was quick and they didn’t suffer, and I’m glad I didn’t see them. I do hope it wasn’t deliberate. I …
All we’ve had for weeks now is rain, endless, relentless rain. Leaves are everywhere and are constantly being tramped through the house. And now the hour has gone back it’s pitch black by five pm, which means walking the dogs in the dark. That takes some getting used to. So it’s all about hygge now. …
I love the drama and melancholy of autumn. The dazzling colours, falling leaves and nuts, the geese, berries and hips, mists, wind, endless rain and dramatic sunsets and SOUP, the heartier, the better. It’s always a good time for reflection and planning ahead. I have several big projects in mind for the garden over the …
