lights out london

So it was lights out London on Thursday as Capital Radio raised awareness for energy efficiency on the longest day of the year. Traditional London landmarks turned out their lights and it was the first time since the second world war that the lights at Picadilly Circus had been turned off. Offices were encouraged to do the same and people shut off their computers and lights at home for an hour. The energy saved is supposed to be enough to power 3000 televisions for a year.

We took part by having dinner in the garden with candles all around (Michael's so romantic) and a bottle of wine....heaven :)

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We’ve got Pipistrelles!!

Yes indeedy, we have added to our lovely collection of wildlife in our garden.
Squirrels – Check
Robins – Check
Foxes – Check
Snakes – Check
And now Pipistrelles…which for the uninformed are bats!!! Yippee! Kind of excited about this one as I have been spending loads of time planting out aromatic plants and herbs in the garden to attract insects and other wildlife. Little did I know I would get bats!
And they are tiny.
Went to the great garden centre yesterday and bought a ‘Theta’ jasmine, and some tobacco plants as they both have night scenting flowers. Look at me being all green thumby. This is mainly for Rachie as she is the gardener at home.

There are a lot of places that now do a whole rage of wildlife homes and rests, such as bumblebee rests, ladybird homes, various bird houses and now they do bat houses. Will purchase one, so my little friend can have a place to rest.