Early last year I relaunched my blog as Wild About Here after moving back to the UK. When I was in the US it was called Over There to Here. (Yes, a tongue twister that even my family couldn’t remember). For the second year in a row Wild About Here has been shortlisted as a […]
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Almost daily when I look out of the windows there’s a herd of fallow deer grazing in the field in the valley where we live. I love that we have a home with a deer view. Too often I sneak out to try and get a closer shot but they hear my steps in the
It was by chance that I discovered Chiddingstone Castle. I was told that an old friend I hadn’t seen in years – Virge Gilchrist – was appearing in the play The Song of Lunch with Robert Bathurst of Cold Feet and Downton Abbey fame. It was part of a literary festival that took place on
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I bought this book to give as a gift but had to keep it. There are 50 illustrations by the painter Hannah Dale of baby birds and animals in Flying the Nest: The early days of Britain’s best-loved animals. Each entry also includes some fascinating summaries of the animal’s breeding habits, offspring, and even insights
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It was the perfect end of a beautiful sunny weekend. I didn’t have to suggest it. My kids told us they wanted to fly a kite. There was the ideal combination of sun and a light breeze and a new kite. They had spotted the new kite among the outdoor summer gear. Their father was
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In the local riding stables there’s a sheep called Woolly who thinks he’s a dog. I wonder what Woolly and the hen were chatting about as the sun shone through the stable’s doors? I took this photo earlier this year but thought it was rather appropriate one as I’m off tonight to a hen’s party.
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