Still here….

Just in case you were wondering where I’d gone…don’t worry, I’m still here!
I haven’t ‘done’ a post for a few weeks now (I’m sure that you’ve noticed?) and it’s mainly down to my apathy and the the fact that I haven’t been able to get myself into the mood.
Since returning from holiday I haven’t been able to find or make the time, although I’ve had no major problems or jobs to sort out, it’s just been a lack of finding the ‘right time’ to sit and do a post.
I have been out and about to many of the local wildlife sites and taken loads of photos of butterflies, wild flowers etc. they’re all still sitting on the computer waiting to be sorted, as are the photos from my holiday!
I have however been keeping up to date reading and enjoying all of your excellent posts. Please forgive me if I haven’t left any comments.
Hopefully I’ll get the photos sorted and back into the blogging mood soon? In the meantime I’ll leave it to all of you to keep up the good work….[;o)

LITTLE PURPLE MEN

What would you think if I told you that when I was out and about a few days ago I encountered lots of little purple men wearing pink onesies (that’s jump suits to us older generation!)? Your first thought would probably be that I’d had one glass too many or maybe I’d been partaking in a few puffs of a certain recreational weed. So, before we go any further let me put the record straight, I neither drink alcohol or smoke.
Now that we’ve established that I wasn’t under the influence of booze or drugs and, as we all know, I’m as sane as the next chap, if I said to you again ‘I saw lots of little purple men the other day, they were wearing pink jump suits and hanging around in the hedgerow’ you would have to take my word for it, wouldn’t you?

I knew that you would be hard to convince, so I took some photographs to prove that I wasn’t just making up a story.









I told you they were just hanging around.


Here’s some more…they were everywhere!


I asked nicely and one let me take his portrait.



Yea!…okay! so there wasn’t really any little purple men, but there was lots of….

Hedge Woundwort (stachys sylvatica). A hairy perennial with creeping stems and upright flower stalks. When bruised it gives of an unpleasant smell. It can be found growing, often on disturbed soil, along roadside verges and under hedgerows. It flowers from June to October.

So the next time that you’re out and about keep your eyes peeled, you never know, you just might encounter some little purple men!


Yipee! it’s holiday time!….From this Friday I shall be away on holiday to spend a week exploring the North York Moors. I’ll try and catch up on all your posts when I return.