A Weekend in London

We have had many changes again at the start of this year. 

We decided to have a few days away in London. 

Visited family, went to the theatre, walked part of the Thames Path and drank tea in the Serpentine Bar & Kitchen :-)

Oh,, and fed the birds in Hyde Park too :-)

Happy Christmas 2010

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Snow In A Somerset Garden

It snowed hard during the night.   Everything was covered!

It looks magical and I do like the snow, but we couldn't go out today for many reasons and so we only looked out through the window.

I have put dried fruit out for the birds, and a failed Christmas Cake :-)

I have shaken the snow from the bird feeders and made a hole in the ice on the little pond.

Stay warm and safe!

Iced Netting - or Frozen Heron Guard

Despite the snowy weather that is enveloping the country our little town is just dry and very cold. The last remaining flakes of snow on the shed roof have disappeared and the black birds are searching lawn for the sunflower seeds and raisins that I threw out this morning.

The little wildlife pond was frozen solid and I have poured water into a corner to help it defrost a little. The larger fish pond is free from ice in the centre.

The one thing that caught my eye this morning was the patterns on the netting, in the corner where the oxygenating pump is causing little splashes of water to jump from the surface :-)

End of November

I can hardly believe it is nearly the end of November!

The garden is still a mess, it needs so much attention, but it is also so wet.   At the moment its almost impossible to get out into the garden and I just keep looking at it through the window :-)

So much cutting back is required, I am itching to pick up those secateurs!

But there again, there are many attractive seed heads that can be left!

We have had a couple of frosts already but no snow here - yet :-)

The blackbirds are back, along with blue tits and sparrows, the bird feeders are full and bird bath defrosted.

Have a good weekend everyone :-)

Pondworks Complete

At last our pond is complete.   I had begun to wonder if we would finish it this year with the wet weather but it has been filled, the last coping stone has been laid and the fish are swimming :-)   The pond plants look very small, but have plenty of room to spread their leaves in the new year.

We still have quite a bit of landscaping to do and I admit I have hurried this, wanting to finish the replanting and clear some of the mud!   We have managed to spread the last heap (dumpy bag) of earth.  I am still amazed how much earth came out of the hole!  LOL.

We have built a frog ladder in the corner and will put the pump and filter in next spring.

Of course we are not the only ones to be pleased with our new pond :-)

And I know that some of you like herons!

But they are not welcome in our garden!  It is netted and the fish are not for breakfast!

We still have the little wildlife pond to attract smaller wildlife :-)