duck

We fed the ducks today* . . .

* with duck-safe bird seed, and not with bread, obviously.

goose

I fed the ducks today.

There were a few ducks, but mostly they were geese. I was brave enough to hand feed the geese - letting them eat from the palm of my hand.

In previous goose encounters, I've been too scared that they might peck at my fingers very hard in a big old goosey way, but today I faced my fear and did it anyway!

However my triumph was short lived, as a park ranger came over to ask me to stop feeding them, because bread is very bad for ducks and geese. I think I knew this already, but I hadn't totally grasped how much of a problem it is for the birds and for their habitat.

So . . . no more feeding the birds with bread then.

Who's going to tell the geese though?

Still purring, after all these years

I love my cat.

I love it when I rub her fuzzy tummy with my bare feet, and she waves her little white paws in the air.

She is a very silly cat. I don't know how she got to be that way.

Hampton Court Palace

Another lovely day out. The weather was great and there was lots to see. We travelled by train again today, maybe we'll take the boat trip along the River Thames next time . . .

A dear little picnic

These are the very friendly deer referred to in my previous post. They came along to investigate our picnic. Luckily for me, they didn't seem very keen to step onto the picnic blanket. This was such a fun picnic, and this is only a small selection of the numerous funny pictures we took.

Just in case it isn't clear from this picture, I'm the one on the left.

Away from the hurly Burghley . . .

This place was great!


There was a large building, Burghley House, which we didn't go inside.


But we thoroughly enjoyed the outdoor loveliness of:

• beautiful grounds, with interesting sculptures



• the Gardens of Surprise, with a maze and fountains to play in



• and a herd of very friendly deer, with soft fuzzy antlers

Huzzah for Hedgehogs!

I had another lovely day out . . .

There were fantastic flowers,

beautiful butterflies,

and cool creatures to feed and play with.




There was even a Hedgehog Play Trail!

The trail was lots of fun for all

and, of course, the story had a happy hedgehog ending.

Fruit time

Today I ate one small satsuma,

two yellow apples,

three lovely bananas,

and five juicy tomatoes!

What a very healthy day I had!

No, I didn't also eat a small green caterpillar! This is in fact a literary reference*.

*This character is from a book called "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"!

Amazing Butterflies

One sunny day I was sitting on a leaf, when suddenly. . .

I was sucked into a vortex and found myself in an amazing world!

Afterwards, everything seemed normal again.


Did I really have an amazing butterfly adventure - or was it all a dream?