Kate Bradbury the Wildlife Gardener

I have just finished this wonderful book. Gardening for wildlife is one of life's joys. Seeing birds visit your bird table or watching them flit to handle from feeders is for me better watching than most things on the television. Personally I have been a bird watcher from an early age and still remember receiving a copy of the Observer book of Birds at around age of seven and I had a vast array of wildlife books around that time from aunts and uncles. Now at the tender age of 62 I still  enjoy watching birds and although I cannot get into our garden anymore (wheelchairs don't negotiate steps) I give the odd direction to the wife. We both like to see nature flourishing and Kate Bradbury has written this wonderful book to help and encourage even the most timorous of gardeners.
The photographs are excellent and are all in glorious colour. The text is written for the beginner as well as the expert. The cover has a quote from Alan Tichmarsh describing it as "a joyous book" which is praise indeed.

I recently also read The Bumblebee Flies Anyway: A Year of Gardening and wildlife also written by Kate Bradbury. So if you really want a wildlife fest go get a copy or do as I did and order it from  your local Library. Kate is a good writer and draws you into her wild(life) world. She writes for several publications Gardeners world Magazine (BBC)  the Sunday Times The Guardian RHS Magazine and many others,

 

Brighton Beach Rod Stewart

Here is another, more up tempo but equally depressing song. This time by Rod Stewart about an early love and his memories of the time on Brighton Beach. You can read about the story behind the song once again in the Telegraph

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Is Bruce Springsteen depressing

Is Bruce Springsteen depressing? I am sitting here with the Essentials Album playing on itunes and it is making me want to slit my wrists. is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse
have go to be some of the most melancholic lyrics. I  googled those particular words and came up with lots of debate on those and the other lyrics from THE RIVER. Driving people to suicide must be big business as Springsteen has been at it for years  and his songs are extremely popular. Maybe it is how I am feeling today? But maybe I am not alone, googling Springsteen and depressing songs it seems others have before me come to the same conclusion! Here is a link to an article in The Telegraph written in 2016 titled Bruce Springsteens 10 saddest lyrics.   As I said maybe it is how I feel today old age and thoughts of a younger me or am I particularly grumpy today ? I have just deleted four old blogs so this post is somewhat of a new beginning, lets hope future posts reflect a happier me!! 

thats Springsteen talking about the track and here it is being performed all seven minutes of it. Fill yer boots