It's just me and the kids and my sis is not answering the phone so I'd like to share my day so far with my WAB buddies if that's okay!
This morning I got up and was filling the kettle the second time to make my wake up brew when out of the kitchen window I saw a flash of ginger fur. I thought oh it's the neighbours cat but then I saw the tail. I knew immediatley it was a
Fox and rushed into my back room and there 1 metre away sat on my patio was a beautiful
Fox. It then went and sat on the lawn. At this point I was faced with one of two choices. Rush and get a camera....or wake my kids. I chose the latter and rushed into their rooms, plonked the sleepy 7yr old on the window sill and ran around shouting "quick, there's a
Fox in the garden". I think my kids think I am mad
My 13 year old came in and we watched as the
Fox went into next doors garden, had a scratch then came back into ours. My 10 yr old arrived just as the
Fox had left
After this excitement they all scarmbled back to bed and left me grinning
It was strange because neither of my kittens would go out this morning and I wonder if they could smell/sense the
Fox.
A
Fox question then. We live in the city but in a nice bit with many big gardens. At the end of our road is an old landfill turned palying fields then the river mersey and it's LNR's. Where would a
Fox live around here?
I grew up round here and remember seeing them as a child but never with such a good view as today. When I saw it I thought how to some people they are vermin, hunted etc. but to me it was very beautiful.
I then packed my lunch and headed off to do my first ever session at coppicing. There were only 6 of us and it turns out the coppiced hazel will be taken to a local very eco garden centre where they will sell it for many uses; bean poles, fence posts etc. The warden wanted free labour, the garden centre the hazel so it seemed a good deal. Hopefully as my friend and I were the only ones there not working for the centre, we may get a discount on stuff when we go there ! It was a beautiful day, blue sky, sun and a lovely little coppice wood. You can even ignore the M60 that is very close after a while of sawing and lopping!!
I am tired now but am re-fuelling my energy for a night out involving curry and a pub! My kids are missing me as it's been a mad few days with Mum in then out a lot but hey I'll make up for it next week.
Hope your day has been a good one too and thanks for listening