Horti/Photog: spring diary 2

Apologies for the quality of this photo, but it's taken through a window and without a flash, so as not to scare the beast! Hedgie arrived promptly at dusk last night and polished off the cat food. At the same time the bats reappeared. And although the birds aren't using the new blue bowl, we discovered the cat is drinking from it.

My partner cleared away the tall bamboo last week as the new, dark red shoots were coming through; he used the leaves to make a huge nest for the cat, which I found today also doubles as another 'sepia world' subject.