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Tag Archives: garden
Happiness is A Full Water-Butt and A Garden Full of Butterflies and Bees!
Today, I have been getting on really well with all my various writing projects faffing and not getting much of anything done, although I did go into town today and, after living here for 5 years, I have, at long … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Garden Snippets, Musings, Nature & Wildlife, Photos
Tagged Bees, Books, Buddleia, Butterflies, Butterfly Bush, Children, garden, Library, Photos of Butterflies, Rainwater, Reading, Summer, Water Butt, wildlife
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Robin Feed Guarantee & A Cute Little Chiffchaff
Just when you think you’ve got it sorted, buttoned down all the hatches and preempted every foreseeable weather event (as in: Lopped off the trees in the back garden which were getting too tall and knocking against the neighbour’s fence; cut … Continue reading
Posted in Birds of a Feather, Garden Snippets, Photos, Sweet Robin
Tagged birds, Black Dog, Blessings, Chiffchaff, garden, God, joy, Robin photos, Spring, Summerhouse, Sweet Robin, wildlife, Wind
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A Fridge Magnet’s Wisdom & My Little Gardening Man
It felt positively spring-like on Wednesday. The sun shone all day! It’s all gone downhill since then. Today, Friday, and its back to more rain in the air, although not quite so cold so things are looking up I suppose. “Perhaps we shall … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Snippets
Tagged California, Children, England, Flowers, garden, Garden Photos, Growing a Garden, hope, Lavendar, love, Rambling Rose, Roses, Spring, Tete-A-Tete
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A Black Cat Reads the News, Sweet Robin Says Hello & A Happy Yesterday
Wouldn’t you know it, within minutes of hitting the ‘publish’ button on my ‘Maisy & The Missing Sun’ post yesterday guess who made an appearance? That old sun must have read it and ‘liked’ it, although a comment would have been nice…his general … Continue reading
Posted in CATalogue, Photos, Sweet Robin
Tagged birds, cats, Eddie, garden, Happy, Photos, robins, sun, Sweet Robin, Things that cats do
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Sweet Robin’s Antics & Last of the Snow Photos
So, hot on the heals after posting photos of Sweet Robin in the snow (and thank you so much for liking them 🙂 ) here are the last of my photos of the snow. How beautiful it all looked just a few short days … Continue reading
Posted in Birds of a Feather, Garden Snippets, Photos, Sweet Robin
Tagged garden, Photos, snow, Sweet Robin
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Photos of Sweet Robin in the Snow
I thought I would share these photos I managed to take of Sweet Robin during our recent ‘snow day’ – hope you enjoy them! (c) copyright Sherri Matthews 2013 My daughter was the one who first caught sight of Sweet … Continue reading
Sweet Robin in the Snow
It’s a good job that I got back from London when I did as the next day it snowed, and heavily. Snow can be so disruptive, and the left-behind ice on the pavements so difficult, not to mention dangerous, to … Continue reading
Posted in Birds of a Feather, Photos, Sweet Robin
Tagged California, England, garden, nature, robin, snow, wildlife
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Summer, Spamgate & What Not To Do For A Tick Bite
What on earth does summer, ‘Spamgate’ and a very nasty tick bite have to do with each other? It’s just the way my mind works, either that or the sun is getting to me, but with all this talk about … Continue reading →