2021 Project 365 // Days 169 - 175

 

June 18th 2021
One of my current reads, combining two of my biggest loves - Nature and Disney.

June 19th 2021
I've got my back pain playing up again, so it was a day of wildlife from my window.
We did sit in the garden for a little, while the Guineas played out, but the rest of the day was on the sofa.
We watched Luca and had the birds visit us!

June 20th 2021
Even with my back playing up, I had to have our weekly bath.
It ended up another green tub, not complaining though as it's my favourite colour.

The seagulls were going wild at sunset tonight.
Maybe they were excited for the Summer Solstice?! Probably not.
Considering that we're now actually 3 miles away from the coast, it makes me feel at home to have Seagulls and Black-Backed Gulls here.
No matter what people think of Gulls and Pigeons etc, I love them just as much as other birds.
I'm proud to have assisted in the rescue of a juvenile Herring Hull who was covered in oil
and a baby Pigeon who had been spray-painted blue, in past years.

All birds are beautiful 🦜🐥🦆🐦🕊️🦩🐧🦚🦢🦉

June 21st 2021
For the first day of Summer, Mother Nature finally graced us with some rain this month!
I love the sun as much as anyone, and Summer is probably the best season, but we need rain every now and again.
Look how happy this family of 4 snails are!

June 22nd 2021
I love our front garden In Summer - look at it!
We preen it all once a year then let nature take over! So bright and happy.
It's all grown in so well that this year, that the hut we put in last year for Hoggle our rescue hog is looking very much at home.
The range of flowers and plants means it's well sheltered and protected,
you can see Mr H's hand holding the big bush back so we could get in to check it and top up the water.

June 23rd 2021
Another milestone day today.
I had my first outing in a public place in over a year.
I won't be going anywhere else and probably won't do this again, but we were able to have a nice day disregarding the obvious.
(Don't be fooled by the photo, I had a mask on at all times except taking two photos because you can still get ill outside contrary to popular belief...)
We like to take Baker to Beamish because he can have a safe, stress-free walk as all dogs must be on leads and we are able to stick to the quiet places without many people.
It was nice to see our farm friends again (even if an evil woman did announce that the beautiful Turkey was 'Christmas Dinner') as well as all the other wildlife and trees, plants etc.
It's always nice to be out in nature and I think too many people are taking it for granted how privileged they are to have it right now.
Hopefully, we'll get one more visit before our Friends of Beamish passes run out and before the dreaded school holidays!
Obviously, I took way more photos so they'll be another set in an upcoming blog post talking more about how the day went.

June 24th 2021
Look who is back again!
That's twice in one week our camera caught Hoggle enjoying our wild patch
and this time he left us a nice poop too haha.

2021 Project 365 // Days 162 - 168

 

June 11th 2021
Homemade potpourri for day 11 of 30 Days Wild.
I'm not a fan of flowers, as in bunches and bouquets because they just die.
Instead, I prefer them in the garden to live as long as possible.
So to make use of our Pansy deadheads I've been drying them out and using fragrance oil to upcycle it all into potpourri!
Also pictured is a daily visitor of ours, a Blue Tit with a very sore looking head and a not so common visitor for us a beautiful little Sparrow!

June 12th 2021
Goodbye Newburn! Mr H's official last day at his job, phew!
I wanted to get a final view from the bridge as well as get a photo of this beautiful lilac,
so we had a quick little wander around the corner before driving away for the last time.

June 13th 2021
As I explained last week, we have a Lush bath every Sunday and didn't want to break the streak this month. I loved the colour the water turned!

Day 13 of 30 Days Wild ended up being a Bee rescue!
We've had plenty of similar situations over the past few years, just last week I had to help a little guy who'd gotten stuck in the greenhouse overnight.
Sadly, this Bee had been caught by a spider web at the entrance of where they are living.
They seemed exhausted by the time we found and freed them.
They crawled straight onto my hand and everytime I tried to transfer them to a plant or flower they turned around and clung onto my hand.
I set them on my knee, assisted them in gently pulling off some residual web, offered them some sugar water and just with them on my hand while they rested.
After some tears and heartbreak at them struggling, falling etc (the reason why the sound is muted on the videos) I was finally successful in transferring them off my hand near where they are currently living.
Checking back after a while, I was glad to see they'd finally been able to take off. 🖤🐝

June 14th 2021
A little update on the Caterpillar from day 6 of 30 Days Wild. They have grown considerably!
I can't settle on identification after a lot of searching online, so feel free to tell me!

Also, a look in our greenhouse on my morning rounds haha.
We planted a much smaller range this year and due to our location everything is a little further behind, but it's coming along well.
There are 6 courgettes growing nicely and we've already had a good amount of lettuce!

June 15th 2021
You have no idea how good it feels to have had my feet back in the sea!!
I popped up to visit my parents yesterday and Dad and I visited my favourite beach in my hometown.
I have 40 odd photos to share in a blog post of all the beautiful nature and wildlife,
but here is a good snippet of Day 15, 30 Days Wild!

June 16th 2021
Had a play with clay and leaf imprints today. Not sure what to do with them though...

June 17th 2021
There was a lot on the to-do list today, so very little outdoor time besides re-potting some
flowers and starting off some more cress seeds in my little elephant pot!
This evening we had some fun with Eos and Aurora and the enrichment toy I made from toilet rolls!