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Today I'm reminded of these Tolkien quotes: “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”

A nest built to fit exactly into this block left behind our house! Who lived in a house like this?! #birds #nesting

The Cephalaria flowers @AshburnhamPlace are proving to be great bee magnets again! Lovely plants to grow if you have space. @BumblebeeTrust #bees

I love the challenge of photographing these beauties! Hummingbird Hawk Moth visiting the Lavender in our garden #wildlifegardening #moths

Stripey Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars getting to grips with Ragwort @AshburnhamPlace

Having a cuppa in bed & listening to a Chiff Chaff, Yellowhammer, Buzzards & Crows outside. #birdsong #sussexbirds

On election days I think of my Great Aunt Phoebe, (in the plain top) who died 17 years ago. As a young woman she was angry she couldn't vote because there wasn't universal suffrage until she was 26. I have never taken my right to vote for granted #GeneralElection2024

Getting one of her 5 a day! @SussexWildlife @Natures_Voice @SussexOrnitholo

Had to have a stern word with the Greenhouse Pest Control Operative today..... @AshburnhamPlace #gardening #toad @SussexWildlife

So good to have my first lake swim of the year after a hot day working in the garden @AshburnhamPlace Thankful to Capability Brown for deciding a lake was needed here! @BrownCapability #wildswimming

Happy Sussex Day! @HighWealdNL #sussexday #ashburnham #penhurst

Beautiful Painted Lady butterfly in the gardens @AshburnhamPlace this afternoon #springwatch @BBCSpringwatch @savebutterflies

Three years ago I spotted one Common spotted-orchid in our wild, meadowy bit of garden. Today I have counted 16! #orchid @SussexWildlife @Love_plants

It's lovely to see so many emerging Damselflies flitting around our ponds, can't be sure which this one is....any clues please? I am in East Sussex. Thanks @SussexWildlife @BDSdragonflies #pondlife #sussex

Lovely view of a Water Stick Insect in one of our ponds this evening! There were about half a dozen that I could see. @SussexWildlife @PondDip

Beautiful East Sussex! I love the colours of all the newly emerging tree leaves #Penhurst #Spring #Sussex @HighWeald @PenhurstRetreat

Bluebells, Red Campion, Opposite Leaved Golden Saxifrage and Ajuga enjoying a bit of April sunshine in the garden! #Spring #wildflowers

Worth a short drive out to Hankham this morning for lovely views of one of the visiting Hoopoes, feeding halfway across a field! A stunning bird. @SussexWildlife @_BTO

A good result when checking our Slow Worm habitats today, everything from teeny tiny ones (forget me nots for scale!) to much larger adults in our East Sussex Garden. @ARC_Bytes @SussexWildlife