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Newcomer In The Puddles
This weekend I spotted something in The Puddles… It seems we have at least one newt, though how it got there is unknown. It might have arrived as an egg with the aquatic plants, since The Puddles...
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They’re still here…
I guess it’s no surprise that the Roman snails that I moved to the garden are still lurking around, doing their bit to rid my garden of slug eggs. However, elegant creatures as they are, they really...
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SQUIRREL!!!!!
This morning I suddenly looked out the window and saw a squirrel playing around in the hammock! Unfortunately, by the time I made it out with my camera, the little fellow was about to leave the hammock...
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What to eat – and what not!
I have a tit problem. Or rather, the tits in the garden have a problem. They seem to be rather confused as to what consists bird food and what doesn’t. We have had three large candles standing on the...
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Tits and balls
Pardon the bad punning title… I couldn’t resist. As you can see, the tits are taking to the feed balls I’ve hung up to replace the candles they were munching on. At times there are five of them...
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Alternative Snow Lanterns – and more
First of all, let me show you what it looks like these days when I leave the city and go up to the summer house – and the garden… This is what it looks like when I walk from the bus stop – end of the...
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Feeding the birds…
I have several problems with the feed balls that I put out for the small birds in the covered terrace. They do attract all sorts of passerine birds – blue tits, great tits, nuthatches and a robin – as...
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More visitors on the terrace…
Today for the first time I saw a squirrel come into the covered terrace, even though the blackbird tried to scare him away. However, what is interesting is that this was a black squirrel, whereas I’ve...
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Life in The Puddles
The puddles have been iced over most of the winter, but they seem to have survived quite well; the water lilies are sporting new shoots that are ready to head for the surface soon, and now that I’ve...
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Testing the Waters – or the Wellies…
I recently splurged on a new pair of wellies. My old ones were a) two years old, b) not a very good quality and c) leaky, so I think it was a justifiable expense. After much humming and hawing I ended...
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