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That’s how long it took for a bag of carrots and a packet of Polo mints to disappear. I took a little trip back up to Paws Animal Sanctuary to see how the abandoned pony was doing. It was dumped last Sunday in Findon village. If you follow the link above to Paws Facebook page […]

My name is Lily and I’m a 9 year old lady ginger cat. I like to keep busy and I have loads of hobbies and interests such as Camping Trekking Climbing Listening to music Water Divining I am quite house proud too and like to do laundry I always like to read the labels on

I went to my favourite public gardens today to have a look at their Hellebore displays. There were massive clumps of them all around in the herbaceous borders. It’s a bit of a rigmarole getting a decent picture of them as their flowers tend to look down at the ground and you have to get

              A few magic moments I’ve been privileged to witness over the years! Happy Valentine’s Day xx

I am trying to convince myself that it’ll be Spring soon. I am thinking back to last Spring when I worked at a wildlife hospital looking after anything and everything that came through it’s doors. I have to say my favourite little creature was the Magpie. Somebody brought in a nest of little birds, they

These are the lovely fabrics I bought at the Curtain Factory Outlet in London. I had despaired of finding a curtain fabric retailer at reasonable prices. Went there a couple of Sundays ago on a recommendation from a lady over at The Sewing Forum. I didn’t really expect much, but when I got there I

If anyone had said to me that I would actually go to the cinema in 2012 to watch a silent film, thoroughly enjoy it and leave in a warm happy fuzzy frame of mind I would have said they were bonkers and look for the gin bottle they were obviously hiding about their person. By

  For a couple of hours I did break my addiction to crocheting motifs and I crocheted a little polar bear instead. This is a pic of Parky at home in the Arctic I have to admit it was fun putting him together; when you’ve got bodies, heads and limbs lying all over the coffee

I could spend hours on YouTube watching all the funny cat videos. I came across this one this morning. I’m constantly amazed how kitties can squeeze themselves into impossibly small spaces and be able to turn around in them. Of course my ultimate fav. Youtube cat video is the amazing Cravendale Cats with Thumbs. I

…..crocheting motifs!  I’ve recently taken up the crochet hook again and have been crocheting motifs as a form of refresher course. The lovely thing about crochet is that it can be such a portable craft. I just pop a ball of yarn, hook and a couple of A4 sheets of patterns into a spare makeup