Mushrooms and Rain

 

Spent the day raking up fallen leaves. Found this little fungi in my lawn. It's tinged with pink with a pointed head.   It looks stunningly beautiful but I would think, definitely not one for breakfast.

Any idea what type it is?

Snow

Walked out of one life of forty four years and moved deeper into Wales 8 months ago. I love living here.

Whoever's been singing 'Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow' .............    you can stop now.

Hedgehog

 Look who I saw in my garden today.  Hello you.

A new way of life

A wild drake and duck have made their home in my garden. They have become totally tame and fearless. They happily wander around the barn conversions next door and then come to see me. Colin, my neighbour has named them, Captain Sir Tom and Vera Lynn which is pretty good as we all love seeing them.

RIP Dame Vera Lynn 1917 - June 2020

Molly's Lamb

Been knitting lambs for our Mothers and Toddlers Group, but we've had to shut the doors because of the corona virus. This thing WILL NOT last indefinitely and we Are going to get through it.
Hope Mother's Day has been good in spite of everything.
Love Molly

Happy Christmas

Baby Hedgehogs

Last Tuesday evening my neighbour, Jackie brought her Scottie and Jack Russell for a walk up the lane past my house as she often did. She walked a few yards up the lane to make a phone call leaving the two rips on their own for a few minutes. All of a sudden, Jack Russell dived into the hedge and brought out a brown ball in his mouth, dropping it smartly and then brought out another and another. They were little baby hedgehogs. Neither of us knew what to do. I found a cardboard box, lined it with dry grasses and straw and brought them in. I knew that if we popped them back into the hedge their mother would reject them because of the scent of the dogs. I looked up the RSPCA site on the web. The advice - take them to an animal welfare site, which is fine if you don't live 2 miles from the middle of nowhere, it's not 8pm and the nearest site probably around 50 miles away. I found an old fleece hat, made a nest for them and fed them with warmed up semi skimmed milk through a small syringe. One didn't make it through the night but the other two are doing OK. Hopefully they'll make it and live and eat eat all the slugs munching on my cabbage and lettuce.