Walking around Trentham Estate yesterday morning we discovered two new things.
In the retail village was a new bookshop in a horsebox. According to their sign it is the smallest bookshop in the world. I've been on a book barge on the canal, seen small libraries in telephone boxes but never a bookshop in a horsebox. Unfortunately it closes on Mondays so we didn't get to peek inside.
In the gardens close to the education Tipi there is a new sculpture of a Beaver.
It was carved with a chainsaw from a dead cedar stump by Simon O'Rourke.
The real Beavers live on an island in the middle of the lake. They have recently built a dam closer to the lakeside path.
It's that time of year when British blooms are back in the shops.
Daffodils and Tulips both bringing colour to a dull day, brightening up windowsills and table centres. I can't resist buying a bunch every so often.
We took part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch over the weekend. The weather wasn't great, we had a large group of Rock Doves (feral pigeons) appear and towards the end of the count a female Sparrowhawk flew like an arrow from the side fence around the hanging feeders and up into the tree at the top of the garden. She didn't catch anything. All went silent, the count was over.
Final total - 3 blackbirds, 2 Dunnocks, 2 Robins, 1 Magpie, 1 Great Tit, 10 Goldfinches, 19 Rock Doves and 1 Sparrowhawk.
All for now.
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