Hedgehogs, owls, and lupins

On her blog Janice talks about a hedgehog her son made in school. I commented that my son had made one in school too. I was wrong.

It was an owl. And now I think about it, it might have been Daughter who made it. I have this little collection on display.

Owl, house, and skateboarder. One ear and one arm missing but not bad for pieces more than thirty years old.

Janice also mentioned that they used to see hedgehogs in their garden but not any more. It's the same here. When we bought the house from the previous owners they said to leave a piece of wood leading from the light cover on the swimming pool to the edge so hedgehogs, who'd been attracted by the water, could get out. If we forgot we would occasionally find a hedgehog in the bottom of the pool. But we don't get that any more. No hedgehogs. We also used to see more bats.

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It's turned out to be a lovely, mild, sunny day. After hanging out the washing I took a turn around the garden and spotted this raindrop on the lupin leaf.