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Things moving in the pond!

Because I’m now the proud owner of a ‘proper’ garden in the country, as opposed to my previous postage stamp in London, you’ll have to bear with me if I get excited at the things that you all probably take for granted. I moved into my new property mid-August last year so therefore everything was up and running, so to speak. Then I only had about 6 weeks before the days began to get chillier, etc. Anyway, the weather in Dorset today was overcast, mainly, but warm. I decided to sit out near the pond and just take it all in – which I still do on a very regular occasion! Something caught my eye between a clump of unknown-to-me aquatic plants…baby fish!! A nursery of fry! Lots of little coi darting in and out between the leaves of my unknown plant. I haven’t seen the adult fish since last summer and began to think they hadn’t survived (despite people assuring me that it was still too cold for them to come to the surface). Oh! The joy! Not only that I have thousands of tadpoles too! And, at the moment, I love them equally too! I saw a butterfly fluttering briefly near the bluebells too. Tell me, will I ever get complacent about Mother Nature? At the moment, the answer is No!

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