Crisps (she asks for them every evening as the whisky is poured for the humans)! She is also a fan of boxes
Mabel has three interests in life
So much to see and so many animals to feed
Early morning Sunday in mid spring
Yellow is the colour
Of cowslips
And of turnip flowers (I’m not very partial to turnips so these have gone to seed but the flowers are pretty).
And a pale yellow moon tonight
Pied wagtails nesting in the old cow barn
First asparagus of the season
Apple blossom on the way
Loved up with lambs.
Lambikin, Susie and Spot
Learning to cook with honey and giving the bees a helping hand
Once the fields, crops and flowers are in abundance the bees will have a plentiful supply of pollen and nectar. The syrup is a supplement until they can fend for themselves and it encourages them to draw out more cells for storage which helps the colony to expand.
If you have an itchy back
Another way of visiting. This time a “pod” visit.
Into the premises via the beautiful gardens of the care home.
Then I was shown into a room with two chairs and a table and a speaker and PPE “stuff”. Mum sat on the other side of a large glass screen with a speaker on a table near her. It worked really well and I was able to hold up my iPhone and show her photos of animals at The Gables. She misses her visits here but mobility and travel issues (not to mention pandemics) make it impossible for her to be here. She has many good memories of time spent with us and we with her. She was particularly thrilled to see the photograph of her late cousin’s new baby great grandson in Israel. He is a beauty and mum was convinced that he was looking at her. Next week I have a room visit booked and maybe, soon, we will be permitted garden visits. Here’s hoping.
Goslings growing
