Overnight sprout feast

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Sprouts are arranged around a central stem

Charlie was feeling a little under the weather earlier this week, after he got the night time munchies and set to eating a whole Brussel sprout stalk.

Daffodils, workmen and a quick walk

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Charlie gets stuck around a tree

Dodging the rain today we escaped the house for a quick walk around Victoria park in Carlisle. One good thing is that so far we have not seen anything of the snow that was promised by the weather people. Parts of our park had an unusual smell today, emitted by some plants which mum said [...]

We’re For Bumble Bees

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Bumble Bees like our Lavender

You may remember last spring when Charlie found this strange buzzy, fluffy thing. Well, over the winter we have been doing our research and it turns out that these are Bumble Bees and are very important for our garden. Mum says that Bumble Bees are endangered which means they are dying out and may soon [...]

First signs of spring and a Twitter

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Snowdrop

On our walk today we have spotted the first signs of spring. A number of snowdrops have started to appear standing proud above the muddy grass in our park. These small flowers, in groups of 5 or 10 flowers stand only 15cm or so above the very dirty grass and are a sure sign spring [...]

Snow on the high tops

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Forest track

One week into the New Year and can we take this opportunity in wishing all our readers a happy and safe New Year. The recent bad weather lifted today and allowed us to go for a long walk. It was decided that we should go to Keswick and to Dodd Wood. The forest is around [...]

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