Sassy's Back!!! This is the best news as I noted the absence of the local squirrel populace way back in June [see "Bird, Bath & Beyond"]. The confident, classy Sassy re-materialised at the end of July, only to vanish again in August...appearing again at the end of the month and this time with a young squirrel in tow... [ Caution - cuteness overload ahead ] D'awwww And then there were two... Sibling snuffles in the sunshine Then three... [although impossible to capture on film

Peanut Lover Larry [Blog posts are like buses...nothing for ages and then two come along at once] So, I mentioned back in early July...

Following on from the special on bees, I thought we'd have a wee focus on the garden minibugs and beasties this month. I seem to end up...

[Credits to M on the catchy title.] [M also notes that he likes having the slightly mysterious 'James Bond' - style code name; thus...

Apparently there are 11 types of bees in the Edinburgh area. Or at least this was according to a poster I was reading in the the doctors...

As I write this, the world's most annoying male sparrow is chirping outside my office. It has been enthusiastically chirping since...

Lots has been happening in the garden in April! Water droplet on a lupin leaf I always try and get some grass weeding done early in the...

It's been a cruel and bitter winter. Not in a meterological sense - in that regard it has been unseasonably, unprecedentedly [post 2020...

Well I'm back to be able to record and report back at any rate...don't think the wildlife actually went away...they were just left to run...

To my lovely blog readers, In case you have been wondering what's been going on [like this squirrel] and are tearing your hair out at the...

So now I'm super far behind on this! This'll just be a quick [ish] catch up from things that happened in June, mostly because its more...

Apologies for the lateness of this - the summer has really been getting away with me! Between starting a new job, sorting out the...

It's been a really busy month, with lots going on in the garden so this is only part one! First up was re-doing the front path. We...

I was initially going to write about some amusing excerpts about the current hedgehog dating regime; until something else occured over...

I can't say for sure, but I counted 60 individual flowering heads...and there were many I missed... I think the neighbours are getting...

I really don't know where the time goes at the moment! It [personally] has been another rather stressful month, with uni deadlines,...

January feels like a long time ago now. Although equally it feels like February went by super fast...how the heck is it March already???...

This month is a special on all the weird and wonderful birds we've had to the garden - giving them enough prep time for next weekends big...

Sorry I am late with another so indended 'monthly' blog post. Oh well, better late than never right? November and October seem to have...

Another soggy month. The grass is diminishing in the back garden [think I only properly cut it once this year] being replaced by...