The Olympic Torch

Yesterday, I went to the links (the seafront) and waited on the side of the road for the torchbearer to slowly jog past. We stood by the long road and were passed by numerous police motorbikes and vehicles. I even got a high-five off one of the bikers! There was a giant coca-cola lorry giving out flags to wave as the torch came past. It was awesome and I ran after it once it had passed. I thought the whole experience was amazing! I'll keep you posted!

Redcurrant time!

Recently, Daniel has noticed something in our garden. If you read the titles of any of these posts, then you'll probably already know what I'm talking about. Yes, he noticed that on the redcurrant plant, there were some actual redcurrants growing near the base of the stem. I know! Redcurrants on a redcurrant plant! Pretty amazing! Hopefully soon we'll be eating them with ice-cream! Let's dwell on the fact that I'm using the word Hopefully.  I say this because not long ago I started to grow some carrots, and, well, they never actually grew. I'll keep you posted!

Extraordinary Autumn

If you wish to be a successful author, like I do, then you need to start your first book at an early enough age. If you push yourself to do all of the work that you are physically able, then you will have more chance of becoming successful. I am now currently writing two books. One is ' A gamer's guide to Minecraft' but you already know about that. The other one is about and alien invasion on a small section of fairly rural America. Now, this story has quite an intriguing story behind it... My brother, Robin( in 'Recommended Bloggers') likes to write stories like his awesome brother Owen, but he can never get past the first little bit. On one occasion, he emailed me a start of a story for me to expand on, and just tonight I thought I would start writing it again as this idea of aliens  popped into my head! I'll keep you posted!

Hungry birds in the garden...

Recently, Daniel bought some new bird feeders to hang in the garden, these feeders have attracted a few species of bird to the garden including sparrows, coal tits, great tits and Dunnocks. These have been intriguing to watch as they hop about the branches of trees, sending leaves towards the ground. Hopefully they'll keep coming, and maybe in more numbers! I'll keep you posted!

Sparrowhawks Galore!

I can't take credit for this photo sadly! I wish I could!

A few weeks ago my mother saw a spectacular site in the back garden, a sparrowhawk swooped out of the sky and grabbed a small blackbird. It landed near a large tree standing at the far end of the garden and started to pluck the feathers of the blackbird and tearing the flesh off it's skeleton. You may think this is horrific, but I ,on the other hand, thought this was fascinating! On another occasion, set on Bank holiday Monday just gone, whilst we were strolling along the waggonways towards Holywell Dene, a blackbird came out of a bush and a sparrowhawk swooped down, grabbed it and flew off with it! I absolutely LOVE birds and they really fascinate me, especially birds of prey. I know that there is a person that may be reading this that shares my love for these winged creatures, yes I'm talking about you, Cain Scrimgeour! I'll keep you posted!

Wild garlic and Wood sorrel

A little while ago, me and my brother Daniel( I know you may think this is his blog, here's his link- danielrogers05.blogspot.co.uk) were in Holywell Dene, strolling along the river there, when he pointed out a plant. This certain plant was wild garlic. Wild garlic is just like the bulbs you can buy in the supermarket, they grow from the bulbs and you can eat the whole plant. It is a lot stronger fresh from the ground! He also recently told me about a tiny plant that usually grows on the edge of woodland paths called wood sorrel. It tastes like the juice from a green apple and you can also eat the whole plant. Look at these pics so you know what they look like, so you can try them when you're out and about, if you're brave enough, that is. I'll keep you posted!

Yet more pond problems

This part down here was also flooded, luckily not the plants!

During the heavy rain that has swept the north-east of England, my pond overflowed onto the grassy area in front of it. At this point in time you may be thinking 'you're joking right, there is a drought not far south from the northeast'  and yes I do know that thank-you, but the real problem is that nearly all of the tadpoles in the pond have swam onto the grass, when the water washes away, they will be trapped on land and they will die as they haven't fully developed into frogs. We are trying everything we can and hopefully most of them will survive. I'll keep you posted!