Between the rescue, caring for our adorable Littl’urchin [always a pleasure] and frantically digging up and repotting the remaining plants from the front garden and having a social life has resulted in life being a little busy of late. We’ve been trying to weed/prune and cover all the borders that will remain in the front …
It feels like Littl’urchin has always been around now. I really can’t remember what life was like without her! As she’s grown, we’ve gradually become more organized, as her needs change on a daily basis. To think she’s six and a half months already. Struth!!! How I’m enjoying seeing the world through her eyes. The …
The veggie patch is coming along nicely, with veggies, wind-sown wildflowers and weeds, all thriving. The garlic, potatoes and broad beans are romping away. As are the shallots, hidden here behind the broad beans, potatoes and weeds. Fruit bushes are being contained here, until a new border is cleared for them. I have another thirty …
Daughter has had me worried sick for the last few weeks as she has been struggling to breathe. I’ve been asking her, repeatedly, to go see a doctor and have been met with the same old response, “Will do soon mum, promise.” In the end, Hubs, who became so sick of listening to me airing …
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This terrapin is in the process of shedding it’s shell, if you look at the sections in the middle you can see they are about to fall off. This happens as the terrapin grows bigger. I find it absolutely fascinating. At the rescue there are about a hundred terrapins, and we have to separate the …
We’ve had a rather lovely week weather wise so it was finally time to release Holly the hedgehog. She has almost dug herself out of the rabbit hutch and is certainly fat enough to survive whatever the weather now. So I left her food and water and merely left the door open, and after six …
Finally I have a day to myself where nothing is planned! Phew!!! How very wonderful! Ever since daughter and I acted as ghost walk guides it seems to have been an endless whirlwind of activity. Nights out, family gatherings, endless meals, shifts at the rescue….all very enjoyable but also somewhat exhausting. I’m yearning for long walks …
As Christmas draws ever closer I suddenly realise how much I need to do. Presents need to be bought, cards written, get togethers attended….and being the last minute type, I’m finally launching myself into action….well…after a fashion! The decorations are up in the village and charities are collecting everywhere. This skiffle group are hilarious. They collect …
Herbie, a special needs hedgehog, has now left wildlife rescue and come to live with me. He will live in the rabbit hutch amongst the trees in the front garden. Last year, Hettie, another special needs hog lived in the hutch for a year before she had a sudden stroke. Hettie suffered from sudden seizures, which meant she couldn’t go …
