A camel for today’s photo. They have the best view at Paignton zoo overlooking the sea! *There has been a problem with comments on the blog not working, I do apologise. * I have extended my book giveaway until next Tuesday Dec 31st so you can still enter by leaving a comment on any December …
Sleepy lions is today’s advent calendar photo. Find a cat for the warmest spot! Christmas is almost upon us and Saturday is the last day to enter my giveaway. Just leave a comment or follow my blog for a chance to get signed copies of two of my poetry books.
Today’s advent calendar picture features a snow painting. We don’t often have snow in Southern England but of course it is frequently depicted in Christmas scenes. That is down to the Victorians it seems, as they were in a mini ice age. I found this interesting article that explains more about the tradition.
Today’s advent calendar photo is of the wonderful giraffes. Look closely and you can see the baby giraffe by the trees, born at Paignton zoo. Giraffes are very popular in my shop, you can purchase them here and on zazzle uk, zazzle.com products. Alternatively click here for some funny blue abstract giraffe!
Today’s advent calendar photo is spot the animal! December 6th photo – spot the animal! Hope you found the lizard and you have a great day.
The mighty elephant is today’s Advent calendar photo. Advent Calendar December 4th Sadly they are endangered species, with elephants still being killed every day. This photograph was taken at Paignton zoo where conservation of animals is now their primary concern. If you’d like to help elephants survive the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation also does great …
Two giant tortoises for the 2nd December. I fed the tortoises at Paignton zoo, at one of their experience days. It was a present from a friend and we had a great time.
As regular readers will know I’m excited that I now get birds frequently visiting my garden. Read this post to see how I managed it. This little robin bird is a new visitor and he seems to have taken to the robin solar light! I’m pleased that the glass paint makeover I did on the …
I had an unexpected visitor last night! Watching wildlife is so rewarding and it’s great to see hedgehogs in our neighbourhood when I live in a town. I put out some cat food for the hedghog, which he finished and a bowl of water. Plan to leave more food this evening and hope he/she calls …
For a couple of years I never had much luck with feeding the birds. I tried peanuts, fat balls and hanging seeders (as shown on the right) but the food always went bad before it all got eaten. My neighbour behind me had better luck with plenty of birds visiting. So eventually I gave up …
