My bird of the month for July is the dipper. I wanted to chose something joyful and light-hearted. Seeing a dipper ALWAYS brings me joy. We’ve spent a lot of time down by the river in the past month. The weather has been pretty glorious. Sometimes we take our tea down to the river after …
June has marked one whole year without our beautiful Buddy dog. I haven’t talked about it much in my public space as it feels like quite an awkward subject matter and I was too raw to handle any criticism (which is still the case, to be honest, so please don’t troll me). I came across …
I have chosen the siskin as my bird of the month for May. These little yellow sweethearts have been our constant companions in the garden this month. We haven’t really seen siskins on the feeders here before – except the odd fleeting sighting in the winter – but this spring there has been at least …
Aaaaand just like that, I have a two year old! One to two whooshed by like a sneaky flying thing. Pig has done so much in a year. He’s learnt how to walk, run, jump (sort of). He dances and bounces and stamps and runs-on-the-spot. Watching a one year old learn to do steps by …
I have chosen the jay as my bird of the month for March. Jays are woodland birds and we are lucky to live on the edge of a wood. Our neighbours have lovely mature gardens with lots of trees which brings the jays into the gardens. We’ve seen one on our feeders several times. Every …
We really love putting food out for the birds. Pig helps me scoop the peanuts and sunflower hearts and roll lovely round fat balls into the feeders. He’s very serious about carrying them back out to the garden without spilling any seed. Ross gave me a window feeder for my birthday and it has been …
This year I am going to feature a ‘Bird of the Month’ on the blog as the year goes by. This is the first in the series. My bird of the month for January is the heron. It took me all month to decide. Then on Monday I was walking down by the river and …
[This year I have decided to study two big Horse Chestnut trees near our house. This is Part 7 of my sketchbook-learnings.] I’m a little behind with my update on the chestnuts. Things have been really very busy in my little business. It has been so hard for brick & mortar shops this year, and …
I recently got a chance to go for a solo walk round the woodland. I love exploring the wood with my one-year-old boy but keeping him safe and on his feet tends to take up a lot of my focus so I miss a lot of the details. Since we don’t have Buddy dog anymore …
[This year I have decided to study two big Horse Chestnut trees near our house. This is Part 6 of my sketchbook-learnings.] These are the last few weeks of the dense, dark, green canopies. Slowly, slowly the golds will creep in and the burnt oranges will light their flames. Autumn’s winds will blow holes in …
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