Dog bite update, Tetanus done & I have antibiotics for a week.

What a difference a week of heat and sunshine makes 🌞🌱 Veg is growing well and the strawberries are ripening 🌱

Todays gift from the seed station 🌱 someone must have access to a lot of seeds as there must be well over 150 pkts there. I just grabbed these today, left them for others to look through & will then have a good look at what's left (unless someone takes them all which has happened before!) 🌱

A few days heat and the plants are going mad! Cucumber plants have fast forward to growing fruit before actually growing big enough to support the fruit 🙈😂🌱

Ermine Moths have been busy in the field again this year. There are thousands of them so plenty of food for the birds & still plenty surviving to adulthood 🦋 Parts of the tree will be stripped but it comes back every year. Nature helping Nature

Being bitten by a Jack Russell was not how I planned to start the day 😡 it wanted the ball in my hand, jumped up with no warning & sunk 2 teeth into my hand 😡 Owner "oh I'm sorry" in a pathetic voice that meant she didn't give a ****

Had this txt message from Wessex Water this morning 🙈💦 An application has just gone in for 224 houses & a 72 bed care home in the town, I wonder if Wessex Water will tell they can't supply the water 🤔💦

Everyday Essentials??????!!!!! For who??? I can only imagine that this will make MPs already subsidised meals even cheaper for them 😲

Its really convenient for Tony Blair that his most deeply held beliefs also happen to be extremely profitable to him personally.

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Some birds of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: 1) Yellow-crowned night heron, 2) Blue-footed boobies, 3) Great frigatebird, 4) Waved albatross.

Looking at half term activities as have a friends daughters, £22 to walk a llama or goat for 30mins! EACH! Luckily they've been brought up old school & we will be crafting, gardening, reading, playing & having a picnic in the garden. Normally they join me on dog walks but I've cancelled due to 31°

It's hot enough to make a pigeon identity as a duck 😂 he's been in there 10mins & is not moving 😂🥵

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Happy Gotcha Day Ozzy 💕 8 years of Spaniel madness, it's not always been easy but it's never been boring 😂 I'm still glad the previous adopters gave you back.....for being a Spaniel 🤷🏻😂😂🐾💕

Well I didn't have Kingfisher on my bingo card for in the garden this evening 😲

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Lots of birds in/around the garden this evening

Looking at tree loppers for my fruit trees, maybe these are useful if you live in the wild, days from a hospital - Ideal for Trees, Bushes & Limbs 🥺😲😂

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After a week of 12/13° temps, cold rain & Hail storms daily in the middle of May, what else to watch tonight but The Day After Tomorrow 🌨️🥶🌧️🌨️😂

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Birds sharing their fat balls with a Pine Marten yesterday. (Like they had a choice, check out those claws!)

Always busy on a Monday 🐾

Sad but true 😂😂😂

I can recommend this to gardeners who don't like wearing gloves 🌱 a gift & used for the first time today, lovely pot that has a hole in the bottom so can be used for sowing seeds afterwards. Only gripe is that as they advertise themselves as a British Brand it's actually made in China!!!! 🧐

The Starlings have fledged & it's tea time in the garden - the noise is deafening & lovely 😂

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The last 10mins in the garden 💕 I haven't seen a Swift yet but it looks like they're back !

Strawberries are on their way 🍓😋 Dahlias finally starting to show through & Kiwi really is a beautiful plant 😍🌱

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Today's #Library haul 📚 I used the machine to return others & message User does not exist message came up, I went to librarian who said well you look healthy to me 😂 machine decided to block my card 2 months early, all sorted now for another 3yrs 📚

Today's other peoples rubbish find 🌱 really happy with this picked up on the way home from the dentist 🌱

🌱 I'm living dangerously, runner beans, Courgettes & Sweet Peas planted out. Lilies split & potted up ready to gift & lots of strawberries in new pots 🍓 🌱 #GrowYourOwn🌱

I would like recommendations for hummingbird feeders. I have this style, but they leak from the screw in the bottom over time. 🐦

Flower of the moment has to be this Aquilegia Winky Double Rose White Starts off creamy white then the pink comes through 😍🌱

A little bit of garden magic 🌱 makes me smile every time I open the bottom of my compost bin 🌱 even a small garden can produce it's own compost, just garden 'rubbish' & cardboard

I know I'm lucky to still have an NHS dentist but last week I went for a filling but she 'had trouble getting in' so I had to rebook for tomorrow. She now won't treat me while I'm taking antibiotics (not tooth related). Try again nxt week, 3rd time lucky 🤞🏻🦷

Twins in looks alone - not even the same breed 😂 very similar personalities though 🐾 Cockerpoo on the left Australian Labradoodle on the right 🐾

Robin getting impatient in the garden yesterday as I wasn't finding worms fast enough ❤️ I'm not sure if they're clever or lazy 😂 hopefully this means there's a nest nearby 🤞🏻

I've cleared most of the Alpine/wild Strawberries from the top of the garden, joined most of the time by my little Robin friend pecking around my feet for the worms I disturbed. This is the 3rd lot of 🍓plants I'll take along to the plant swap 🌱

A gift from a 9 year old friend 💕

This is one of my birthday cards 💕 I'm always in awe of people who can paint but this has blown me away! The artist paints by mouth! It's absolutely stunning & is going in a frame 💕🐾

Big birthday yesterday and I was very spoiled 💕 definitely a garden theme which I was very happy with - trellis, pots, gloves, plants etc the cake tastes even better than it looks & I LOVE the potting bench 💕 now if 🌞 could come back with slightly warmer temps I can use everything 😊

I try not to give the orange blimp headroom but this did make me laugh out loud 🙈😂😂