I recently order a new sweatshirt from BAM and was really pleased with it. I ordered the zip through sweatshirt in Lawn in a size 10. It’s a really soft fabric and feels good against the skin. I brought it for wearing as a 2nd layer inside and its good for this purpose. It would…
Month: March 2023
Cat Survives Five Mile Trip in Car Engine
I noticed this article because the cat in the picture reminds me of my cat Panther. It’s about a lucky cat called Rose who survived a five mile trip inside a car engine. The cat became trapped inside the engine after going missing and was found scared but unhurt when the driver was doing an…
Dinner From Kokoro
We recently ordered dinner from Kokoro in Sevenoaks. We tried their chicken katsu curry with rice and also ordered some of of their battered prawns. It was really good, the chicken in the katsu curry was tender with a lovely crispy coating, the katsu sauce was very flavoursome and went with the chicken perfectly. It…
New Bird Table
The old bird table which was here when we moved into our house around 15 years has served us well but following a series of unfortunate accidents both weather and cat related it was looking increasingly battered. I purchased this new one recently from the RSPB website. I took it out of the box today…
Chickens Kept in Gardens May Need to be Registered Under New Rules
That’s according to this article, which suggests all birds kept outside could soon need to registered. The Proposed changes come as the government tries to curb the spread of bird flu. They would apply to all chicken, pigeons and birds of prey kept in gardens but would not affects caged birds kept inside, such as…
Asda Baked Beans Top of Taste Test
I’m not a great lover of baked beans myself but I know that a lot of people insist when buying baked beans, that they have to be Heinz. I was surprised to come across this article in which Asda came out top in a taste test with its own brand baked beans. With Heinz coming…
Gardening Tasks for March
On reading my copy of Gardeners World I came across an interesting article by Monty Don on what gardening tasks need doing in March. It has already occurred to me that I need to get outside and make a start but this has given me a gentle reminder. The first thing he suggests is to…
Frog Spawn
One of the first signs of spring for me is always the arrival of the frogs. Normally we see them in the pond mid February with the first spawn arriving soon after. They are a bit late this year but seem undeterred by the recent snow. The first frog spawn finally arrived this week, so…
Cats in the Snow
Over the years I have had several cats and they all seem to have one thing in common, they hate snow. This is Panther and Fevine’s second experience of snow and they are less than impressed. They both bounded out of the door this morning, only to land in wet snow. Shaking their paws with…