What I forgot to add, that did my heart no end of good, was about the three little boys, one of whom lives across the road and I know his mum, that passed by the end of my front garden when I was digging. They told me of how they had seen a HUGE hornet, so I said if they went down next doors path they could see a peacock butterfly. I went in and got my wildlife book to show them how I knew the name and they said they had seen other butterflies in the book and kept on turning the pages towards moths and birds.
I asked them if their mums knew where they were and said they could sit on the front lawn and read it as I really had to carry on weeding my garden.
They sat there for nearly an hour and thanked me when they left for letting them look at my book (it was the Collins Complete British Wildlife) and said I had a pretty garden. Must admit it brought a tear to my eye when I told the mum this morning.
Ninny
