TownSeagull
'...My dreams with the Seagulls fly, Out of reach out of cry...' (Joni Mitchell)
My name is Jo. I am a lover of nature, wildlife, gardening, photography, art and music. All drawings, paintings and thread art hand embroideries posted are my own design
- One of my fave plants Cyclamen Coum. Patches of pink or white bloom in January just when you need a splash of colour and cheering up. Left alone they will spread, no work needed. It's hardy & shade tolerant. Most importantly it's an early source of nectar for pollinators. Pics from today.
- Snowdrops and Crocuses brightening up the garden.
- Winter feels very loooong, but soon the garden will be buzzing again.
- That's my @rspb.bsky.social Big Garden Birdwatch completed for another year. A brilliant UK citizen science project surveying birds in your garden for 1 hour each year. Most of my regulars turned up, a few missing. Over 4 million birds already counted this weekend,time to log in and add my results.
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- The night shift...garden security and lawn worm removal...
- Winter light, a trip to the coast.
- Even in Jan there's stuff to keep my interest in the garden. Tons of micro beasts already living in the barley straw bags I've floated in the ponds, fabulous fungi (if anyone can help me with id that'd be great), the Magnolia trunk that always reminds me of an elephant leg and loads of flower buds.
- Still freezing today with a little bit of snow. Putting a lot of work into getting water out for the birds and keeping oxygen holes in the ponds for the Frogs. The birds all go for the water before food, so it shows how vital accessible water is at this time of year.
- Spot the Kingfisher. If they didn't have that flash of blue and orange they'd be so hard to see in flight.
- What a lovely end to the year, a frosty walk in bright sunshine. Especially delighted that the local Kingfisher turned up, lighting up the lake with its bright blue and orange feathers.
- Between Christmas and New Year I like to look at my favourite wildlife moments of the last twelve months. This is from last January when the wildlife cam captured the Dog Fox and Vixen nuzzling each other on the lawn. Love having the little Fox family visiting my garden.
- Yesterday morning got my power tools out to fix a broken kitchen unit and this morning baked a Victoria Sponge, love this random period of time between Christmas and New Year... #JoinIn
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- Good morning #JoinIn folks. I hope everyone is doing ok. Cold one here, wrapped up in my biggest jumper. Don't forget to post with #JoinIn and say if you would like someone to chat to today, it can be a tough one for many reasons. Also, let me know what time is acceptable to start eating pickles...
- Every year on Christmas Eve I drive my elderly mum around town looking at the Christmas lights everyone has up on their houses. It's become a lovely tradition...costs nothing, except a little petrol, but makes us very happy and festive. #JoinIn
