We used to have annual awards when I worked at the Wildlife Trust. One year I won the most embarassing incident award. I ran over a badger in my works car . The Trust's logo is a badger and it was plastered all over the car. For weeks I thought it might pop up on Youtube.
We've had torrential rain and its tried to snow here today. Very windy. Mrs mallard appears to be checking out the pond, but she's left the males behind.
I think the hedgehog has come out of hibernation. A present has been left on the patio. The daffs are now starting to glow in the sunshine.
reminds me of a story when a rep came into the GC with a huge dent in his car.
He'd hit a deer the previous night and called his boss to tell him about the damage. His boss asked what had happened, he said " some old deer ran out in front of me, there was blood everywhere, all over the bonnet, the windscreeen it was everywhere" Oh my God, he screamed, did you get out and help?, no point, dead as a doorknob.
I ran over a badger once, it was right in the middle of a village at 6am. It ran straight into my car as though it wanted to commit suicide, never knew they could run so fast. I was quite shaken. But I've never run over a hedgehog.
Raining here, so much to do outside and it's rained most of the week.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Just back from Pompadour, one of the guests left his bag so thought it a good excuse to lbreak from i*****g and give it back and have a peep at the horses too, was lovely to watch but a bit wet. Charlie had fun though in the mud.
Seen two dead badgers (roadkill) since we have lived here BL, never seen them in UK, shame they were dead but I suppose it means there are a lot of them about.
Did a sort of brunchy lunch so just an easy pizza (extra toppings) tonight and definitely an early night. Should perhaps have another look at the i*****g.
Hosta you are on the ball today, going to be a fun AGM I think. Hope you get back in time for Poldark.
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Made a cake - now cooling - nothing special Vikki Sponge filled with Forage jam
Also sowed my sunflowers - 5 varieties - here's hoping
Catastrophe though - OH found my cool house on its side and badly damaged by wind, was already in a not very good state after last storm. Last years clematis cuttings seem Ok but my carefully nurtured Larkspur . Tiny seedlings, managed to retrieve some, some were on the stones and some were floating in a tray of water. The other tray just gone, so I have turned out the compost in the hope that something may appear. Seedlings are recovering, potted in compost in GH.
Right going to jam above cake
Badgers, there is one lane here we use regularly and there is often a dead badger or 2 by side of road
Back in looking dryer out now but windy, up early as went to Sholing valley study centre today for the conservation day as we were manning the plant area with lots of plants to sell - only had a few people wonder around and they did not buy any but we did 2 grasses Luzula nivea, Karl foerster and a choisya so they got a bit of money, they will get more money when they do their spring fair in May
Also watching a blue tit checking out one of the bird boxes there
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We used to have annual awards when I worked at the Wildlife Trust. One year I won the most embarassing incident award. I ran over a badger in my works car
. The Trust's logo is a badger and it was plastered all over the car. For weeks I thought it might pop up on Youtube.
Oh, the logo was all over the car, not the badger!!!!
lol, I thought you meant the dead badger you hit was plastered all over the car.
We've had torrential rain and its tried to snow here today. Very windy. Mrs mallard appears to be checking out the pond, but she's left the males behind.
I think the hedgehog has come out of hibernation. A present has been left on the patio. The daffs are now starting to glow in the sunshine.
reminds me of a story when a rep came into the GC with a huge dent in his car.
He'd hit a deer the previous night and called his boss to tell him about the damage. His boss asked what had happened, he said " some old deer ran out in front of me, there was blood everywhere, all over the bonnet, the windscreeen it was everywhere" Oh my God, he screamed, did you get out and help?, no point, dead as a doorknob.
" it was just an old roe deer "
" BA****D" The boss shouted.
Back from lunch out at friends.
I ran over a badger once, it was right in the middle of a village at 6am. It ran straight into my car as though it wanted to commit suicide, never knew they could run so fast. I was quite shaken. But I've never run over a hedgehog.
Raining here, so much to do outside and it's rained most of the week.
Just back from Pompadour, one of the guests left his bag so thought it a good excuse to lbreak from i*****g and give it back and have a peep at the horses too, was lovely to watch but a bit wet. Charlie had fun though in the mud.
Seen two dead badgers (roadkill) since we have lived here BL, never seen them in UK, shame they were dead but I suppose it means there are a lot of them about.
Did a sort of brunchy lunch so just an easy pizza (extra toppings) tonight and definitely an early night.
Should perhaps have another look at the i*****g. 
Hosta you are on the ball today, going to be a fun AGM I think.
Hope you get back in time for Poldark.
Made a cake - now cooling - nothing special Vikki Sponge filled with Forage jam
Also sowed my sunflowers - 5 varieties - here's hoping
Catastrophe though - OH found my cool house on its side and badly damaged by wind, was already in a not very good state after last storm. Last years clematis cuttings seem Ok but my carefully nurtured Larkspur
. Tiny seedlings, managed to retrieve some, some were on the stones and some were floating in a tray of water. The other tray just gone, so I have turned out the compost in the hope that something may appear. Seedlings are recovering, potted in compost in GH.
Right going to jam above cake
Badgers, there is one lane here we use regularly and there is often a dead badger or 2 by side of road
GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I've just had a " get off my land" moment.
The folk in the holiday let down the lane have just been strolling through our garden.
"This is our garden, it's not a public park. the fact you've had to climb over a fence to get to it should have been a clue"
Bloody tourists.
Hello all
Back in looking dryer out now but windy, up early as went to Sholing valley study centre today for the conservation day as we were manning the plant area with lots of plants to sell - only had a few people wonder around and they did not buy any but we did 2 grasses Luzula nivea, Karl foerster and a choisya so they got a bit of money, they will get more money when they do their spring fair in May
Also watching a blue tit checking out one of the bird boxes there
Fidgetbones nice pic