The first sound of a Curlew....

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Nature | No Comments
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This little critter had got into the house somehow and was happily munching on our store of bird food before we caught it and then released it some distance from the house...

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Fun, Nature | 9 Comments
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This week we had the help of Pete and Tish in the garden. They worked like trojans.

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Friends, Gardening | 5 Comments
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Being a bit (okay, a lot) of a grown-up kid, I planted a load of sunflower seeds this summer...

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Cooking, Gardening | 3 Comments
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In a throwback to WW2 and following Gordon's plea (and heavy taxes) to be green, we have begun the task of feeding the whole of Cumbria with our own vegetables...

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A close up of one of the hedgehogs!

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Little bundles of spines come visiting.

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While Laetitia and I were are Warton Quarry today I got a chance to get really close to and photograph this beautiful dragonfly...

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