My overgrowing garden and established hedge still supported by willow frame on Day 9 of #30DaysWild which coincidentally is my 9 yrs wedding anniversary i.e. my willow anniversary!
With the weather being so gusty and the ground too wet to mow I wasn't sure what would turn up today. I stepped outside the front door before lunch and was rewarded with the first ever sighting I have made in my garden of a painted lady butterfly which was feeding near a bee much to the pleasure of my 4 year-old. After lunch, inspired by this one sighting we headed up the down to do a butterfly transect, that is myself with baby in backpack and 4 yr old Isaac. We counted a few meadow browns and dodged hundreds of common spotted orchids that lay in our path. Towards the end of our survey it was really too windy so we went home to meet my oldest boy Jamie. Jamie had his own idea for a wild thing to do and quietly got on with the giraffe picture while I brought in washing. I didn't have to cook dinner as my husband was bringing take-away to celebrate our "willow" anniversary with the kids. I decided not to buy him a "willow" gift as everytime I fancied one of those posh willow picnic hampers he's made noises about how they weren't practical so instead I got him chocolate marzipans and a card. Just for the willow bit I've been posting him photos of our joint effort garden creation (he cut and helped me place the hazel stakes I wove the willow into). P.S Anyhow, needn't have worried about a special anniversary present...husband turned up with the takeaway AND a willow picnic hamper for me! (he said phew ..you didn't buy one for me then!)
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