Easy Like Sunday Morning

Snails seem to get just about anywhere and everywhere in the garden. For instance, I've moved flowerpots, and there's usually one or two trying to hide under the rim of the pot .

This one was inching its way across the top of our wheelie bin this morning. I watched it, as it slowly made its way to the edge. It stopped as it had ran out of bin and so looked down, to see how far it was, and whether there was anything it could land on besides the tarmac, so its shell wouldn't break. Steady on there, as it's a long way down!

It realised that there was no way down, so it turned left and went to see what that side of the bin had to offer.

Tiny Tuesday

I had a another go at a macro shot this evening. Gail was in the garden and noticed that there was a snail near the top of some hedge in the garden. She was amazed that it had managed to climb nearly six foot. And only a little thing too.

I tried taking a shot of it hanging from a leaf, but it didn't look right. So I gently lifted him off the leaf and popped him down onto one of the bigger leaves of the bay tree, and then waited a few moments before he started to pop his head out of his shell. And there you go.

If you are wondering, I took the photo with the Olympus 12-50mm lens, set in the secret macro mode.

At A Snail's Pace

Nottingham Playhouse was turned into a small zoo today, as the White Post Farm visited with a few of their animals.

They included a couple of guinea pigs, a rabbit, some bantam chickens and a mouse. On the less cuddly side, there was a tarantula spider, a snake, an iguana and a fish tank containing several large snails from Africa.

It took me about fifteen minutes to get to the Playhouse, rather than the three it used to, now that I have changed jobs and moved to another part of town. But I think it was worth it. Although I was a bit disappointed that there were no sheep or goats to see, but the children (who it was meant for) who were playing with the animals, were enjoying themselves, so that was good.

I was handed a leaflet about White Post Farm, and it sounds quite an interesting day out. One Gail and I might do, now that the warmer days are hopefully on their way.