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Wednesday
Jan082014

New Year's Feast

Bird Feeder

 

Inspired by this video, I’ve been making a new year’s gift for the Dixon Hill birds (and other creatures).

STEP ONE: Attach an ordinary kitchen splatter screen to a grapevine wreath and tuck in lots of millet.  (I really wanted to add lots of berried foliage too, but there’s a dearth of such stuff up here on the windswept moors right now.)

 

Seed heart

 

STEP TWO: Make a hanging heart from sunflower seeds and suet…..and wrap the last of the Christmas cranberries around the hanging strings.

 

Feast mix

 

STEP THREE: Scatter a feast of seeds, mealworm pellets, goji berries and chopped apple onto the tray.  Serve for the delectation of waiting robins, blackbirds, pheasants, wood pigeons, tits, crows and squirrels.

Tuesday
Dec312013

Christmas Leftovers

Face Wash

 

A big bunch of fresh thyme in the Abel and Cole Christmas veg box failed to find its way into the festive meal.  So today, it got turned into a seasonal bottle of frothy face wash instead.  A little bit of Christmas cheer for dark January days.

Wednesday
Dec252013

A Happy Bauble Christmas!

Bauble Tree

 

Fun on the moor this morning - a tree hung with dog toy ‘baubles’!  Better yet, the tree was giving them away...

 

Bauble Sign

 

Wishing you a wonderful and a peaceful Christmas Day.

Thursday
Oct032013

The Fruit of Love

Blackberry

 

Picking blackberries for breakfast….and the very first berry my hand reached for turned out to be a perfect heart shape.  And, boy, did it taste sweet!  A little explosion of love for my tastebuds.  :)

Wednesday
Sep252013

How Planes Fly

How Planes Fly

 

How do planes fly? he asked

 

And she smiled knowingly

Pregnant with a secret of the universe

 

The angels carry them, she whispered

On lean, strong wings outstretched

 

The angels carry them