Fuzzy Little Badgers

Just had to share a couple of photos with you this evening.  

The female badger turned up in broad daylight, about 9pm,

which is slightly unusual. 

As the light faded I noticed lots of movement in the garden.  The security light came on and look what was there....

I apologise for the fuzzy photo but it's difficult to get a badger to pose, let alone get four of them to keep still.

This is the first time we've seen these two badger cubs in the garden.  They happily munched away at the peanuts for ages, giving me some time to take a better shot.

and then they came a little closer.....

and closer still, followed closely by dad....

Yes, that is the window frame, and the door is open.  What a privilege to get this close and they're sooooo cute!

I've got some more photos but I just wanted to share these few with you before I head up to bed.  

Bye for now.

Lesley 

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Another Lovely Walk and Badgers

Hello again,

The sun was shining again yesterday and Tilly and I had a lovely walk in the woods. 

This is the badger track across the field.  You can just make out that it disappears into the undergrowth on the other side of the field. 

One of the entrances to the set.  Badgers use grass as bedding.  I think this pile of grass had been used and pushed back outside.

One of the other entrances to the set.  This is a really good one, it sits in a steep slope, about 2 metres up, not the easiest to get to, (I had to stand on a tree stump and hold the camera above my head to get this).  It's approximately 80cm across.  You can see the claw marks around the top.

Not the best photo of the badgers but these three turn up regularly for peanuts.

These are some fascinating tree roots that are in the side of the slope.

And the sunset.

The Col and I are off to the theatre tomorrow to see We Will Rock You.  Can't wait!

Now, I've realised I haven't posted about anything I've made recently.  I have been sewing, crocheting and quilting and will do a post entirely dedicated to all things crafty next week.  Including those crochet squares made with the bargain tapestry wool.

Until then.....

Lesley

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Liebster Award , Visitors and Poppies

Amanda at  Eight By Six Gardening Blog has given me a Liebster Award.

Thank you Amanda.

I wanted to share this photo with you. I took this yesterday.  In December 2009 I bought this plant (I'm having a senior moment and can't remember what it's called right now) and somehow I managed to keep it alive.  It continued to live and last Christmas I was slightly disappointed that it remained green.  I suspect I was meant to do something with it earlier in the year to make it produce the red leaves in December.  Then last month, slowly red leaves started to appear and now it thinks it's Christmas and looks absolutely fab.

Here are a few of the visitors to the garden this weekend.

The squirrel is back and has found where he buried his nuts.  I'm surprised he needs to raid his buried treasure, he's eating all the fat balls too.

Poppies in my front garden.

Thank you again to Amanda.

See you soon.

Lesley

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Discerning Birds, Bees and Flowers

Welcome to all my new followers, it's lovely to have you along.

Thank you for all your lovely comments.  Lots of us bloggers say how much we appreciate all the comments left on our blogs and it's true, isn't it?  We all appreciate the kind and inspiring things others have to say?  

I try to catch up with you all everyday and I'm sure that you've all given me the confidence and the inspiration to try something new, think about things from a different perspective or just have a jolly good laugh at some of the incredible tales you tell.  Only problem is, I now have a list as long as my arm of things I'm planning to do.  There are just not enough hours in the day.

I wanted to show you a photo of a 10kg bag of peanuts we bought for the birds and the badgers but The Col has thrown it away.  So I'll just have to describe it to you instead.  The peanuts were called,

 "Nice Nuts"

 and the line across the bottom of the bag said,

"For The Discerning Bird".

I wondered if the company who's peanuts these were, actually thought about their logo, I guess they did.  The Col and I did have a chuckle.

And to give you a better understanding of how The Col's mind works, look at this,

I had never seen bees mating before and was absolutely fascinated.  I had time to get the camera and get these shots.  I think she's telling where to go in the last shot! 

Anyway, The Col refers to these photos as,

BEE PORN!!!!!!

Apologies to those of you with a delicate disposition.  If you need a little light relief after that, here are some flowers in my garden at the moment

And of course, Tilly, who had seen something move and was on a mission.

Until next time, have a fab weekend.

Lesley

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Look What's Just Arrived! Some Crochet And A Happy Birthday Too!

I'm so excited, the postman just dropped a parcel through the letterbox.  The parcel smelled wonderful and inside were these.

That turned out to be .......

My lavender heart and a lovely needle case from Gill at Gillyflower.  Purchased from her online shop.

Thank you Gill, they're gorgeous.

Ooh that's made my day!

Last week while in Swanage, the little wool shop there, (that sells a multitude of crafty things in a very small but organised space), had all their tapestry wools for 50p each.  Most were in baskets all muddled up.  I managed to find about six shades of one colour.  I bought numerous colours.  What, you may wonder, am I going to do with them all?  Well, I have a plan, which to be honest is more than I normally have at this point.  I have been known just to buy because I may like to do some tapestry sometime in the future!!!!!  Tapestry, I've never mastered the art.

So I'm going to crochet a throw or blanket or if I lose heart, a cushion cover in all the different colours.  

Of course, it's not quite as simple as that.  I really wanted the colours to blend in to one and another but some of the colours I had bought were not the following number on the label.  Some of the squares didn't look quite right.  So I hopped on the interweb and found the missing numbers/colours.  Not quite 50p each but not too much more.  Now I'm waiting for another parcel to arrive. 

 Happy Birthday Gill, hope you're having a great day.

Lesley

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A Few Days Away

Last week The Col and I spent a few days in Swanage, Dorset.  After Easter the place emptied and most mornings this is what the beach was like, no one else around, my kind of heaven.

I did find these two and thought ...... 

The Beachcombers

The local fishing industry isn't what it used to be.  This boat had just come in to land its catch.

This crab was 13 inches across its shell!

Thank goodness for the elastic bands!

Rock pooling

Took these at about 0730.

Lovely warm day

It's a dogs life.  This isn't Tilly but another black Lab that had it's own parasol.

Tilly, drying off after a swim.

Look at this for a prison cell.  It's about the size of a very small single garage.    

And here's what the stone above the door says.  I think they should reinstate this little prison but it would obviously have to be a lot bigger.  I wonder what their idea of vice was?  Especially when my sister always tells me her only vice is chocolate!!!!! And who where the Friends of Religion and Good Order?

Oh my goodness, look at the time, it's Monday, it was still Sunday when I started this.

Have a good Bank Holiday, hope the sun shines where you are.

Lesley

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