A beautiful sunny Sunday in February saw me out in the garden secateurs in hand. I have small stretch of beech and hazel hedge across a part of the garden so like to try and control its height. I don’t prune it but gently lay it so the branched entwine horizontally. Not only does this […]
The great thing about ARK’s is that they are spontaneous and give an unexpected lift to the day. Looking back to Autumn Agent D went blackberry picking with Agent P along a well known cycle track on the coast of North Devon. Cycle track? – it was more like a two wheeled motorway and some […]
Agent D found a few minutes to stand and watch the birds coming to feed in her garden recently. At first glance the garden was quiet but as she stood quietly what appeared to be just dead leaves on the trees were intermingled with a constant hopping and fluttering of birds lining up to come […]
It was a grey and gloomy day in August as I set off for our Broadsands Beach Activity. I met up with a colleague and we collected one of our young people we were taking with us. The Sun shone on us as we arrived although we could see torrential rain sweeping across the bay […]
Not of the biblical boat type but as Acts of Random Kindness which have a similar outcome but on a smaller scale. This has been a busy month for our young people and their foster parents. First ARK was the premature and unsuccessful flight attempt by a young jackdaw. Found squawking indignantly on a stable […]
Today I worked with a young lady whose life so far has left her with a legacy of ‘I want’. So off we went to the beach for a play and a paddle. Being hot and sunny the first thing we encountered was a beetroot red tourist eating ice creams. There was brief ‘I want’ […]
I visited the RSPCA Wildlife Centre at west hatch with my support worker who had rescued a blackbird which had all its primary feathers which help it to fly it had all of them pulled out so it nearly got run over we took it to west hatch where they took the bird in to […]
The leaves are now turning into a myriad of yellows, oranges and reds as nature paints the landscape with the glorious colours of Autumn. A time when people turn to raking leaves, may be have a jump in them or kick them up and many then burn them. Agent Diamond would ask everybody to remember […]
So schools out (hooray) and the Sun is shining. Good news for the bees, butterflies and other insects who after a late start are now appearing flitting from flower to flower. Sadly and of great concern is a lack of greenfly and the ladybirds which feed on them. Here’s hoping for a late come back. […]
Milly curled up into a tight little ball and shut her eyes tightly. It was safe in there, in the wardrobe. She settled into the softness of the duvet that reminded her of the better times when she was not alone. The times when the friendly old lady stroked her as they sat together in […]
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