A confabulation of cranes passed over La Chaise early this March, string after string of black V shapes, honking at each other. It seemed to me that they circled over our roof. Why I don’t know – perhaps they were trying to locate the direction north by looking...
This is what you might see… or perhaps this… maybe this… and who might this be? an older version of this, perhaps? or a variant of this? a decaying version of the same? But...
By skilful manipulation of the pool skimmer – handle some three metres long – I managed to save a small toad from drowning. That is two lives saved in less than two days. The other, a froglet, was in a skimmer with a dopey lizard which I hope revived....
Thea wildness is coming back to La Chaise! As the Clun Forest sheep gradually leave us, so the wild plants sneak back and probably small wild life also. There are small strange holes in the meadows. Butterflies abound but stay safely near the rampaging juniper...
The Great Tree Question in these highly climate wise, sensitive, media highlighted days resolves itself into: To Cut – or Not To Cut? At La Chaise we are surrounded by some 18 hectares of mixed woodland of which only five are cultivated, cleared and cossetted... 
