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I love where I live, I’m lucky enough to live in the English Countryside within commuting distance to London, I walk our Spaniel early every morning and again in the early evening, I step out of the front gate into these fields. 

I’m generally quite a lazy person, which isn’t a great attribute, some days when I’ve had a long day at work or the London Underground is doing it’s best to bring the city to a standstill, I don’t want to walk the dog, I feel like there are a thousand things I could be doing, but as soon as we are into the fields my mindset changes and I enjoy the wander, the fresh air and the peace & quiet.

I didn’t grow up here, my childhood was spent in a flat with a small balcony on a sprawling council estate in North London, within walking distance from London Zoo and Regents Park, which is where we’d spend most of the summer holidays. My Grandad would take us to the Rose Garden and tell us the story of how his Grandfather had helped to build the gates. I’d usually go back and visit in the summer but this year that’s not been possible so far.

With this in mind it’s no surprise that I’m not much of a gardener, my Mum on the other hand who also grew up without a garden and only had a window box until she was in her late 30’s an left London, Is Really green fingered,  she’s had an allotment at the back of her house for almost 30 years and grows all sorts really successfully. 

We used to have a few things growing in the garden until we had some work done and it became a building site, I now have a blank canvas, just a lawn, couple of sheds and what will soon be a pond, last weekend I picked up some reduced to clear lavender in B&Q and a couple of Acers, along with some Cosmos which my mum kindly planted for us.

I have an old Belfast sink that my eldest daughter is keen to turn into a herb garden, this would be really useful as we use lots of fresh herbs in cooking, I’m going to see if I can pick up some Basil, Chives, Rosemary and Thyme In Aldi.

As I have ended this blog with Animal photos so far I feel like I should carry on - until I run out at least, so here’s a photo of a little fella we found in the fields a few weeks Ago, We think he had fallen out of a tree when the branch snapped, so picked him up and took him to the local Hawk and Owl Sanctuary.