Ravendale House

A few days ago I wrote about 30 sparrows on the lawn, well yesterday I think I had another sparrow record.

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Today started out just like any other day, until I went out into the field and found this.

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As the title suggests it is now 3 years since we bought our shed, Billy. Each year, around this time, I give him a lick of paint just to spruce him up and so far this strategy is working, because despite our original misgivings he is wearing quite well.

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I’ve known for some time now that, despite what you might read in the ornithological press,  sparrows are alive and well, and living in great numbers in our Lincolnshire garden.

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Remember the nest I found the other day? Well if you don’t here’s a picture to remind you.

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It’s blowing a gale today, no change there then, so I looked for an indoor job to do.

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‘Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home your house is on fire  – - – -’  is the opening line of the old children’s nursery rhyme. One of my earliest recollections as a child was appearing, as a ladybird, in a Sunday School concert. I must have been about 7 or 8 years old.

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Today I had another ‘proper’ gardening day, that’s the second in 2 days. If I keep on like this I’m in danger of becoming a proper gardener!

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After a tiring day yesterday we went for a short walk before tea (which thankfully Peter was making.) We hadn’t gone far when we spotted something neither of us have ever seen before. Sadly it was dead.

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I love to see butterflies in the garden, sadly there seem to be fewer these days. Strange as it may seem for a gardener, I also like to see caterpillars and often wonder what kind of butterfly or moth they will grow in to.

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