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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I live in a rural valley in the middle of ancient woodlands in West Sussex. Our garden and the fields in this valley are lined with hedgerows and a home to wildlife. But it wasn’t always so. When I was in London I noticed the signs of spring because I always had a garden. We
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Herds of deer regularly graze at dawn and dusk in the fields around our garden. When I walk in the woods surrounding our rural valley in West Sussex I get glimpses of them through the trees. Often I wonder where do they rest? This week my question was answered when I saw all these does ‘lying up’
My son, a dog and a chicken, yes an unusual trio, resting in the sun outdoors at the stables while my daughter has a riding lesson. The chicken has been slowly getting better after being found injured a few weeks before. They think she might have wandered off and been attacked by a fox. While
I remember the scramble at school on who managed to get the milk first. The best part was the creamy top in the bottle. I was at boarding school in Dorset where fresh local milk was delivered daily. In London the milk float used to deliver bottles every day at our home. Over 30 years
Recently our little valley has been like a sanctuary filled with deer and pheasants. At night we hear stags roaring and during the day the call of pheasants. And sometimes they graze next to each other. I record the wildlife and nature in the valley around our house on Instagram – do join me.
