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| Vaccination - protection for all |
| 2008-05-08 13:17:00 |
Pets require vaccinations. My cat has just had hers. The vet kindly mixes the two solutions together so that she only has to endure one prick. Cats have to be inoculated for the following diseases: Feline Panleucopenia, Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Feline Calicivirus and lastly - Feline Leukaemia. The first three come in one inoculation whilst the last is a separate solution. Feline Leukaemia is usually fatal and and is spread through animal fluids. If a cat gets into a fight with another who then sinks its teeth into your cats flesh, the chances are this disease will be passed on to your cat. If your cat gently noses another cat in friendship, which they do when a visiting cat offers no threat - this is another way the disease is caught. Lastly, it is spread when they mate....
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| Mouth ulcers - canker sores |
| 2008-05-05 10:34:00 |
In England they are called mouth ulcers but in some parts of the world they are known as canker sores - little white ulcers surrounded by red. There are various things that cause them and many concoctions to relieve them.
A while ago a friend told me that she had been troubled with them for years. Over the counter products simply didn't work for her so she had to visit the doctor - over and over and over again. No matter what she was given the ulcers were persistent. She had a chance conversation with an old friend and happened to mention them. To her surprise her old friend said "What toothpaste do you use?" She used several - all well known makes. "I know what the cause of your ulcers are." she was told - "It's the foaming agent in the toothpaste - use ones without foaming agents and they'll clear up."
It sounded too good to be true - but she began to read the labels and found ones without the foaming agents and the ulcers disappeared. She has not had a mouth ulcer since.
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| Red Hot Drops - Link |
| 2008-05-04 07:47:00 |
Have you joined the 'Red Hot Drops' link yet? This is for dedicated droppers only and has been set up on
LADY JAVA'S LOUNGE
This is only for those displaying the Entrecard widget and who are serious droppers....
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| Wild primrose |
| 2008-04-29 13:29:00 |
Wild PrimroseThe Latin name for this very fresh flower is Primula vulgaris and although they readily flower from February until May the little clump that I have in my garden is slightly later than the ones growing in the local lanes.
On a very special note .................. on Saturday 26th April there were four small leaf cutter bees buzzing around my little insect house. Will they come back and live in the house once more? I do hope so ... I was intregued by their behaviour last year, although I ended up with a very lacy garden where they had cropped the leaves. Unfortunately, we have had extremely heavy April downpours - certainly not the usual showers. So the big question - has the weather put paid to the young bees or will they return when the weather improves?...
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| Eaten any Tyrannosaurus Rex lately? |
| 2008-04-25 17:30:00 |
There has been a recent study made of protein taken from the fossil thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus Rex that perished some 68 million years or so ago. The bone was found in 2003. It is now believed that chickens may probably be the direct descendants of this ferocious beast ... so if you eat chicken ...
The same group of birds also includes ostrich - I can't say that I can see any resemblance though....
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| Wicket |
| 2008-04-24 17:14:00 |
Wicket is one of the easiest and versatile recipies that you can make. It can be served as a breakfast, lunch, light supper or even as desert.
Ingredients
1 rounded tablespoon (4 teaspoons) millet
1 egg
1 teaspoon of runny honey
one quarter pinch (just a few grains) of salt
Method
Lightly boil the millet, in a little water with the sprinkle of salt - until quite soft (approx 20 minutes)
Allow to cool for a minute or two
Pour off any remaining liquid
Stir in the honey
Add the egg - and stir it in to the mixture
Put back onto a low heat and carry on stirring for a few minutes until the egg is absorbed and cooked (usually three or four minutes)
Serve ~ and enjoy
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| Entrecard |
| 2008-04-23 03:00:00 |
I swore that I would never do a blog about Entrecard - but felt ... I just had to do a small one.
Firstly, I have been using Internet Explorer 7 and this seems to cause Entrecard to crash ... and whilst I am trying to purchase an advert the top begins to swirl. Then, as I have usually been looking for a nice blog to put my advert on - I have about four open and they all begin to swirl. In desperation I try and open yet another page ... I don't want to lose that advert - then c r a s h !
By the time I have opened up again the advert has doubled, trebled or quadrupled in price - especially under this new system. I am therefore left a tad disappointed and have to begin the whole process once more.
I HAVE FOUND THE ANSWER - it's a secret - but I am sharing it with all my regular 'droppers' - I installed Firefox http://www.mozilla-europe.org/ (which is free). To my surprise this is much faster on loading the website and on back-tracking to the original page (one click, instead of three ...
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| Tig, I'm it |
| 2008-04-20 09:19:00 |
In England we call it 'tig' and when someone touches you - you become 'it.' In America it is 'tag' and I have been tagged by
MamaFlo at MamaFlo's Place to tell you a few things about myself ......
"The Rules:Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules. At the end of your post you need to tag other people and include their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’ve been tagged, and to read your blog ..." 1. My first car was a Austin Mini (Carousel) - the type that Mr Bean drives around in. 2. I used to go fishing with my father and once caught several using a bamboo cane, piece of string and a safety pin with a wriggly maggot attached to it. 3. I prefer warm, sultry weather to the cold .... I should perhaps try hibernation! 4. I grew up in the country. 5. I love walking around stationers and knick-knack shops, especially iron mongers. 6. I got m...
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| Lavender oil |
| 2008-04-18 14:00:00 |
I have been a fan of lavender oil for many years as it is something that you can grab and has a use for almost anything. Yes, it's old fashioned .... but what an amazing possession it is. It has anti-viral (not many things help kill viruses), anti-bacterial, soothing and healing, relaxing .... the list seems endless. You can apply a small amount to minor burns, place a few drops into bath water, add it to vegetable oil and use as a massage. Place a few drops onto a linen square and hang in a wardrobe, cloakroom, etc to ward away the little clothes moth .... well I won't go on - you get the picture.
All I would like to know is what is happening to it? At one time you could purchase a small bottle at a reasonable price and it smelt like English lavender .... straight out of the garden. Now, you are dicing with the waft of a char lady as so many of the little bottles smell like furniture polish!!
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| The Omen: good or bad? |
| 2008-04-17 09:49:00 |
Yesterday was filled with promise, despite the cool breeze the sun washed over everything and brightened up each view. I had a mission, well not really, an appointment. Instead of my last minute rush - I decided to start early and take things at a more leisurely pace. I was then able to enjoy the scenery on the way. This paid off - as for the first time I saw the 'English pyramid' all on the same day. I am talking about three specific plants all out in bloom on the same day: the wild bluebell (this was my first spy as it was in a great swathe in one of the lanes), the wild primrose (I spotted two of these plants each had a display of about five flowers fully open), and lastly a merry cowslip just one plant (it was such a sturdy specimen and had four heads of flowers on quite thick stems - so I stopped and walked over to it just to make sure it wasn't an oxslip!)
Everything in the country has a meaning - for instance: red sky at night shepherd's delight which means a red sky in t...
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| Amphibian death |
| 2008-04-14 05:59:00 |
The day started off with a promise of spring warmth and I made my way over to the pond. We had three batches of frogspawn and I wanted to see how far the tadpoles had developed. Peering at each of the batches - it was apparent that some had broken through the egg sacks and were hiding in the ribbon algae that clings around the edges of the pond.
The fish are now beginning to become more active and have started to eat extra quantities of food. I have not yet seen any swallow the tadpoles.
Celandines are squeezing through the cracks around the edges of the pond's brim. It was here, towards the pipes that come from the UV filter that I saw a frog. It had the loveliest of markings and along the sides of its body it was a bright yellow-green spattered with black spots. The remainder of the body was rich brown. It was on the side of the pond with its back leg dangling in the water, motionless.
After a while I realised that it was, in fact, dead. Just to be sure I touched its soft, cold bo...
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| In out - shake it all about |
| 2008-04-08 05:59:00 |
The last few days my cat has been like a young child. When she is in the house she wants to go outside and when she has gone outside she is knocking the door to come straight back in again! We have never had a cat flap and instead bought a large bell with a wooden paddle that slips onto the handle of the back door. It hangs down like a pendulum and when the cat wants to come inside she simply flicks her paw onto the bell which rings, at the same time the small wooden paddle knocks the door. It is very efficient and we can hear it from all over the house. The last few days, however, have been a keep-fit trial of going back and forth to the kitchen door letting the cat in and out and in and out ... perhaps there is going to be some kind of change in the weather - something that she can sense that we can't. Or perhaps she is trying to remind me that it will soon be her birthday. Who knows?
In one of her inside modes - she lay down by a door frame and started to flick her tail. She has ne...
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| Dissolving blanket |
| 2008-04-06 09:06:00 |
During the night it snowed quite heavily. At least heavily enough to have left a soft white blanket over the lawn and flower beds. We awoke, however, to a bright blue sky and warm April sunshine which has melted the snow as quickly as it came ... it has now almost gone. A magic trick of nature!
The snow having now melted from the flower border leaves the small blue grape hyacinths waving in the spring breeze ...
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| Sweet and sour ... |
| 2008-04-05 14:52:00 |
Damson blossom
In the summer of 2007 we bought some plum and a damson tree. We had a very small harvest from one of the plum trees which produced the sweetest of fruit. one branch of Damson blossom
Although it is early in the year there is blossom on both the damson and the plum ... but will it be too early for them to be fertilised? As yet there do not appear to be the usual hum of insects. There has been an occasional two-spotted ladybird and the odd gnat but no real flower loving creatures!
Plum blossom ...
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| Peeping Tom |
| 2008-03-31 15:56:00 |
I have two lilac bushes, one soft white and one rich purple. Both are now showing their buds like small bunches of grapes held swaddled in a cradle of leaves.
Soft white lilac
Deep purple lilac
They are bravely peeping out of their protective buds parading themselves to the elements. The white bush has already had one of its would be blossoms damaged by frost. You can see on the right-hand side the brown tinges where the green ball has been burnt by the crisp cold. It would be an unusual year if we didn't have any more frosts before May . . . will I have any remaining lilac blossoms from my two peeping Tom's?...
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| Dandelions welcome in the longer days |
| 2008-03-28 17:23:00 |
Although so much bad weather had been recently forecast, it was surprisingly bright and sunny yesterday afternoon and I was able to take a few pictures of some of the wild flowers that seemed to have wintered in the garden.
Dandelion (daisy family)
Primula (primrose family)The primula is one of the border varieties that has successfully been grown in our heavy clay soil.
Lesser Celandine (buttercup family)
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| Near the celandines by the bank ... |
| 2008-03-25 18:27:00 |
We have escaped the snow which has surrounded most of the counties around where we live. When I ventured out into the garden near the pond I spotted one of the smaller varieties of daffodils gently swaying in the light breeze.
Daffodil animated gif
One of the things that I was especially pleased to see today was a clump of frogspawn in my pond. We have had a lovely family of frogs in the pond for a few years now. Many of them are very friendly and will allow you to stroke their heads ... so hopefully we should have one or two baby ones before too long.
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| Baby real squirrel animated gif's |
| 2008-03-24 18:00:00 |
It is Easter Monday ... I have no Easter bunnies - but thought you may enjoy real life baby squirrel animated gif's. I enjoy gif's because they enable you to send short films to friends and family by simply clicking onto them, then copy and pasting them onto emails. I think this is one of the most enjoyable things from modern technology. Of course you cannot have many frames in each gif but if you place them onto emails they enable you to forward a small piece of film to far off places. Enjoy ...
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| Good - it's Friday and the first day of Spring |
| 2008-03-21 14:50:00 |
Today, the 21st March is the first day of Spring. It is the first day of the year when there is more daylight than night.
Watch out for those mad March hares ... you can see them in the fields standing on their hind legs with their front paws boxing each other like miniature kangaroos. This is the start of the courtship ritual - the females become quite aggressive and box away the unwanted advances of the males. They are best viewed in the early evenings although later in the year they course or run very quickly across the meadows. It is rumoured that if you are very lucky then you may, perhaps just once in your lifetime witness hares standing in circles. I am still waiting to witness such an event. Perhaps one day I may be lucky enough to see it - I hope that I have my camera handy if I do! Many will have heard the saying "as mad as a March hare."
Traditionally, it is now the season for Spring cleaning - and if you are thinking of beginning yours then good luck with that.
It is Goo...
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| Thursday - Therapy buddy |
| 2008-03-20 10:49:00 |
Are you having a bad day? Well just take a look at the following gif animations and I'm sure they'll make you smile . . .
Pink posy gif
Happy sway man gif
Today is the Spring Equinox - equal day and equal night - 12 hours of each!...
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| Knight in shining armour |
| 2008-03-19 15:20:00 |
When I decided to have my ears pierced, I was more than a little wary as I had seen quite a few examples of uneven holes and lopsided earring positions. I hunted around and found a jeweller that used an old fashioned piercing method with good precision. My earlobe made an awful crunching noise as the needle went through the skin. Then I had to have the second one done!
Finally, when I looked in the mirror I was pleased with the result as the holes were evenly matched and small gold studs had been placed in position. Then came the regular bathing to heal the open wounds. The one healed very quickly but the other oozed with stickiness for week after week and month after month.
After reaching the point when I truly began to wonder if it would ever heal at all, I met up with a friend who had had a similar problem. Hers had wept and oozed for almost four years when, by chance she happened to mention it to an elderly country lady who had told her the secret of how to make it heal. I was al...
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| St Patrick's Day |
| 2008-03-17 07:21:00 |
I travelled the long, hard, stony track
With the fine mist and breeze on my face.
My bundle was heavy and slipped from my back -
When a wraith of a monk appeared at my side;
I sucked in my breath and feared for my soul
And the monk scooped his hand to the verge
He captured a creature as long as a pole
And was gone in the fog as I cried!
Anon
Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone!
"May you always find shamrock's under your feet and extend kindness and goodness to all that you meet."
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| Irradication of the enemy - total blitz |
| 2008-03-15 15:32:00 |
I have had to resort to placing the gardenia in a black plastic bag or sack so that I can spray away to try and kill off the little bugs or mites that are killing off my plant. I liked the idea of trying to do this using something natural and so have mixed up a solution of washing-up liquid, lemon juice and tea tree oil. So far the plant has now received three heavy sprays and has been left dripping wet. It has been a good idea to contain it in the plastic bag as all of the loose drippings have been caught in this. I now have to play the waiting game to see whether the minute creatures have finally been obliterated.
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| Beware! The Ides of March |
| 2008-03-15 14:52:00 |
The 15th March was Julius Caesar's most unluckiest day. It was the day he was stabbed to death. Some people are still superstitious over this day - so take care ... be safe.
Note: William Shakespeare made this popular when he wrote a play called Julius Caesar which dramatised the scene around the Ides of March and the death of Caesar.
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| Silent invasion - plant perfection |
| 2008-03-14 14:44:00 |
Around two years ago I was given a gardenia as a present. It had dark shiny perfect leaves and at the tip of each small branch was a soft white flower. For those who have never seen a gardenia flower, the simplest way to describe it is a smaller version of a cross between a rose and a camellia. Mine had a heady perfume with a hint of vanilla that flooded through the room and wafted into the hall and on a warm afternoon could be smelt throughout the whole house, including the kitchen.
My excellent plant did not stay in this perfect state for long though as it was slowly invaded by a micro attacker. At first all that I noticed was fine fluffy webs that were spun between branches and leaves. Finer than cotton wool fibres they lassoed small branches and leaves together almost like opaque woven cloth. I searched to see what it was that was making these gossamer webs but nothing was visible.
My gardenia resides in a tall, glazed, flowerpot which sits on a tiled surface. The tiled surfac...
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| Weather not fit for ducks |
| 2008-03-12 14:11:00 |
Overnight the winds pushed northwards and began to batter northern Britain. Several areas were affected worse than others. We could still hear the ferocity of the wind as all kinds of items rattled through the night and gusts howled like wild beasts. One of the main contenders as the winds moved up the country was the town of Preston. Worst affected were the older areas of the town as at least one building began to crumble and its roof started to topple down onto the pavement. We are awaiting to see if after tonight the weather will remain calm . . ....
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| Weather forecast - storm battle |
| 2008-03-10 10:24:00 |
Yesterday it became apparent that we were in for heavy storms and violent winds with gusts between 70 and 80 miles per hour. The worst affected areas would be in the west and south of Britain. I looked at the maps that kept appearing at the end of news items and saw that the line that they had drawn for this bombardment of wind and rain was well in the area where I live.
During the night you could hear the rattling of items outside and the sound of heavy rainfall but to my relief in the morning it had quelled quite a lot. However, we were more fortunate than some. In parts of Wales in coastal areas the wind and waves were very violent. There has been flooding in some areas, power lines are down in a few districts and there are currently warnings advising people not to take to the roads.
There is more bad weather due later on....
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| Bird table, 5 star restaurant - gift |
| 2008-03-07 08:03:00 |
All my life I have enjoyed the various birds that come into the garden. Occasionally being enthralled with a bird nesting in a bush. I had always wanted a bird table to place the various food groups enjoyed by a variety of songbirds that reside in my area. I also remember the long-tailed tits pecking at sunflower heads that had been chopped off and carefully placed on old discarded tea trays.
A few years ago I was given a special birthday present of a bird table. It was the kind of bird table that up until that point I had only seen in books mainly as illustrations in fairy stories. It has now become a five star restaurant for the many different birds in our neighbourhood.
It has now had chance to weather, taking on a slightly worn appearance. The birds that visit the garden have got used to it and check it out to find what is available at their little wooden restaurant. It is surprising at the variety of foods that they eat even, on occasion, the odd tropical fruit.
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| Down under the armillary sun dial |
| 2008-03-05 11:28:00 |
We have in the garden an armillary sun dial that usually rests on a hollow stand. As the path was in need of a sweep, and the armillary needed a good clean it was decided to tackle both at once. The sun dial was lifted off its hollow stand and the stand was lifted off the pathway. This revealed a mound, rather like a small sandcastle but made of fine elements of soil.
The mound was gradually excavated to reveal the start of an ants nest. There were only about six ants scurrying about and if you look at the bottom photograph just about three eggs.
Thankfully, the ants in the garden are mostly the black variety. They are probably the most common in our area - and are friendly in character. They also enjoy eating the hedgehog food or cat food especially any form of tinned fish. The ants also congregate over any fruit pieces that are placed out for the birds. In fact, with the various creatures food stuffs and the 'milk' they acquire from all of the greenfly, I should say that they perh...
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| St David's day - daffodils and leeks |
| 2008-03-01 09:12:00 |
St David is the patron saint of Wales and was born some time in the sixth century. His father was called Sant and his mother Non. St David's name was Dewi Sant. It has been claimed that during his life he went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. It is also documented that once whilst he was preaching the ground where he stood rose into a mound so that everyone could see his face.
Today, many people celebrate St David's day by wearing a daffodil or baby leek pinned to their clothing. Wales often uses the flag of St David, which contains the red dragon, as its national flag.
Happy St David's day to you all!
. . . 'The month of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.'
. . . 'If there are mists in March then there will be frosts in May.'...
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| Random Ramblings - logo |
| 2008-02-27 05:31:00 |
Finally, I have a logo for my blog. It has been created in Blender by a member of my family (check out blog: http://beakers-3-dimensions.blogspot.com/ ). Using the rambling theme, I decided that a representation of the 'white dog rose' on a rambling briar would be suitable. The words 'random ramblings' were made to represent stone so that the briar could ramble around them.
The background, hopefully matches the original colour.
Surprisingly, it was difficult to upload the image into Blogger as it only allows for two sizes - large and small. The large version took up most of the monitor screen whereas the small version squashed itself shyly into the left-hand corner. It took crop after crop and stretch after stretch - not to mention a few shrinking sizes into 'Photoshop' before I could finally upload the size that is at the top of my blog. I looked into the back 'edit Html' code hoping to see if I could tweak the size but this appears to be hidden - so I had to proceed with a front ...
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| Earthquake |
| 2008-02-27 04:00:00 |
Did you feel the earthquake? The epicentre was apparently in Lincolnshire but the effects swept down to the Isle of Wight and up into Scotland. It has been the biggest for 25 years and measured 5.3 on the Richter scale. Thankfully as it occurred at 12.56 am the streets and gardens were mostly deserted and so toppling chimney pots, gable ends and roof tiles clattered to the floor without apparently damaging anyone. We have now been advised to expect after shocks from approximately 36 hours time....
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| Peanut - monkey nut |
| 2008-02-26 05:58:00 |
One of the most entertaining plants that a person can grow is a peanut or monkey nut plant. The nut must be in its shell, which must not contain any puncture marks or cracks in. Place the nut about one-and-a-half inches below the compost in a small to medium size flower pot. Sprinkle with water and after about a week a small mound of earth begins to erupt in the middle of the pot. Very soon the nut shell is pushed to the surface. Shortly after this, the plant pushes the nut shell out of the earth and above the soil to about two inches - it is at this stage that it looks like a little old man wearing a very large hat (the peanut shell). It soon tosses off the shell to reveal lacy leaves these are similar to pea leaves as it is a member of the pea family.
This plant grows extremely quickly and soon forms a very small pretty bush with bright little orange flowers. The plant is approximately ten to twelve inches in height at this stage, so can either be placed on a kitchen windowsill or ...
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| Blackbird |
| 2008-02-22 06:55:00 |
The blackbird that calls his ever changing song from a nearby aerial has a very large territory that includes our back garden. Sometimes he and his brown mate pick over the emptied compost pile pulling out one red juicy worm after another. As I have said before, we have a cat (a very well fed cat) who always is most insistent that her dinner table remains quite full! Topped up with meat, fish and several varieties of kibbles that all have to smell and taste just right and if they do not - she simply turns her nose to the right and walks away. The blackbird has been profiting from these left-overs that the cat has chosen not to eat ... on a daily basis so-much-so that he now waits in a nearby apply tree, I would say patiently except that he begins calling and fluttering about as soon as I a...
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| Scratching Post |
| 2008-02-19 06:31:00 |
Our cat was around six months old before she began to stretch out her claws and pull them against wood to sharpen them. At first it was a small scrape against the fence then against one of the apple trees and finally it began in the house. I heard a a rustle and a scrape and a soft prickling sound, went to investigate and there she was scraping her small little razors up and down the linen basket. That was when we invested in the scratching post.
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| A host, of golden daffodils |
| 2008-02-18 06:01:00 |
Although it is February we are having many spring-like days with bright sunshine which is encouraging the flowers to bloom up to six or more weeks earlier than usual. Many of the daffodils are now fully out.
However, some plants appear to be holding back and look as though they will flower later than anticipated.
We are very lucky to have wild primroses in our garden. A baby wild primrose was given to me over twenty years ago by an old country couple that lived in the wilds of Worcestershire. Their cottage backed on to craggy fields and they had wild primroses in their borders. This little baby primrose has only settled into one spot in my garden and has only spread approximately 6 inches. Here is a picture of it ... as you can see the leaves are especially short, so far, this year.
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| What's lurking at the bottom of my garden? |
| 2008-02-15 10:45:00 |
There are two compost heaps in our garden. One is an old-fashioned standard wire and wood surround whilst the other is a square plastic modern construction that is completely sealed with a flap-off lid. When I say completely sealed that does not account for the small slots just above its base.
A few weeks ago some type of creature began to enter the plastic compost bin through the small open slots. It tunnelled its way through the mounds of vegetable peelings and pulled some of them back through the slots. A mound of soft dark loamy earth appeared between the small garden shed and the compost bin.
So far, although I have poked about in the bin, looked in the space under the shed and generally glanced around and about I have not been able to discover what this little (it must be little to have squashed in through the small slots of the bin) creature is. The cat has taken a particular interest to this part of the garden and regularly does an early morning sprint to this spot. Yesterday...
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| Snails - hibernating |
| 2008-02-13 20:02:00 |
So far it has been a mild winter. We often use old house bricks to balance the flowerpots on. This serves two purposes - it increases the height of the pots and helps prevent them from being attacked by slugs and snails (at least sometimes). We have been cleaning out around the pots when this clutch of snails were spied squashed in the airspaces of one of the bricks. This is the first time that I have ever witnessed snails hibernating!
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| MORI - Survey |
| 2008-02-12 16:00:00 |
Never say never! I never fill in surveys but when one recently arrived on my doormat from Mori and it contained questions regarding the NHS I thought I would fill out this survey. I completed and posted it. You can imagine my surprise when this morning I received the exact same survey yet again addressed to me.
This duplication has now caused my belief in the results of Mori surveys to completely dissolve. I wonder how many other people have perhaps completed duplicate surveys and could even have filled in particular surveys more than twice! May be I shall receive the same survey for a third or even a fourth time.
I have never been a fan of surveys but now have no faith in them either!...
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