What a nice way to spend the afternoon!....
Some years ago (1999?) a friend asked Dad to build her a "Bird House"
(As she is an avid RSPB member etc) to mark the year 2000/Millenium!
He embarked on an "Owl Tower"! The theory being, make a structure for
her that was tall enough for her local Owls to nest in safely, also rafters
for the Swallows to nest, holes/windows that song and hedge birds could use
to nest, and even a low "hole for badgers and foxes to use"...So he did!!
Some years later, she also wanted a "Grotto" in her bit of woodland/trees,
as walkers go through etc, and it would be a nice "discovery"
and also somewhere to sit down and rest tired feet!!
Both projects now long done, she opens her garden every couple of years,
gets a Jazz band to play in the garden, sells Cream teas, and we open the
toy box, and take along vehicles to entertain visitors, who come to see her
garden/house and walk through her land.
(Gate £ procceds to charity too, so all in a good cause!!)
Mum, Dad, Jane and I went along for to support the event,
and had a lovely afternoon in the sun!
(Yes QEH, I did put my sunblock on! - Transplant patients
are prone to skin cancers due to drug regime etc, so we have
to be EXTRA careful in the sun!)
I walked up and down all day, in the heat, and the ticker
just kept ticking!!
A JOY TO BEHOLD AND A MIRACLE FOR MATT!!
(Still can't get over how lucky I am....)
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