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This is Eric the Squirrel who joins me every day for a cup of tea. Well I have the tea, Eric pilfers the wild bird seed in my home made bird feeder. I bought a big cup and saucer from a charity shop and drilled a hole through them and screwed them securely to the […]

I love alpine plants, to me they’re small but perfectly formed! I bought some from the local garden centre at the weekend. They had a few flowers on then, but now they’ve really taken off and are blooming their little socks off! Saxifraga Touran Neon Rose Aubrieta Deep Purple Houstonia Millards Variety I bought this

Thought I would go wildflower hunting at the RSPB this morning as the weather was glorious – lovely light, low Spring sun, just gorgeous. Got to the other side of the Downs and I couldn’t see 20 feet in front of me! Thick pea souper of a fog, real Jack the Ripper stuff. Forged ahead

The Mr P I’m referring to is Sir Terry Pratchett author of the fantasy Discworld series and other brilliant tales. I discovered his novels one day in my local library. They had a display of well known authors’ own favourite authors. I noted that somebody called Terry Pratchett listed Spike Milligan as his favourite. I

Try to envisage the shoot from the cat’s point of view. Something 10 times your size is pointing something at you that makes strange noises and flashes and for good measure some prodding and poking is also taking place. Try for some empathy and at least a few soothing words. Make your movements slow and

  You will be ‘conned’ by your kitten time and time again Knitting and kittens do not mix Kittens are faster than the speed of light Never wear beads If things go quiet then it’s time to worry Kittens can hide in very small places Sofas make great scratching posts Kittens love to help with

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