Sharon Perrett

Saturday was glorious weather the sun was shining and it was warm, and no work yahhhh LOL. Went for an eye test in the morning and then straight on to the vets to finally pick up Louisa. She was so pleased to see up, rubbing and purring against my hand.

After settling her in at home away from the other 2 cats, we went to Catherington Down Pond about 10 mins drive from home. Katie had her pond kit that Grahame had given her for her birthday. She’s been itching to use it. We got to the pond and settled down on one of the platforms to see what we could find.

Just look at the intense concentration

Within a few minutes they had a water spider, pond skater, various snails and a damselfly nymph.

and then they hit the jackpot and found a dragonfly nymph

Katie was fascinated by the ribbon of snail eggs encased in a protective jelly

and then they found a few damselfly nymphs

When they had finished examining everything, Grahame carefully put it all back into the pond and we went home for some tea. After that we decided to go to The Millpond at West Ashling as Katie wanted to feed the ducks and geese.

The geese are peering over the wall waiting for their bread.

We fed the geese and ducks and left to drive home, by now it was about 8-15pm and starting to get dark. I drove along the country lanes and just as we were almost home and passing by the local woods a deer suddenly ran across the road in front of my car, luckily I wasn’t going to fast and I managed to slow right down as another 4-5 deer crossed in front of us. Obviously I didn’t get any photos but wow it was a wonderful sight.

So all in all it was one of our better days….............