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Well, what a surprise!

pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,908
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The garden is on a steep slope and several of the beds are terraced with stone walls .

I was just setting up the cane wigwams for the runner beans later this year and was balancing on the edge of one of these walls as I tied the twine.

Felt a wee bit dizzy so looked down. 

Running across the garden, from my right to my left, not six feet away from me, was a weasel.  Quite unconcerned.

If I hadn’t happened to look down I would have missed it.

I do hope that it was looking for that buck rabbit that appeared in the same area a week or two ago.
Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 25,240
    Was he out for a trip to test his eyesight?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Oh wow. We’ve had a stoat in the garden over the winter but have never seen a weasel. Jealous 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 6,651
    Interesting. I see one occasionally here, also scooting around by the dry stone wall that forms a low retaining wall. It must be something on the weaselly list of good places to hang out.  :)
    “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first” 
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 11,180
    Walls, drops and dizziness not a good combination @pansyface.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,908
    I like to add a little something to make my gardening more interesting. 😁
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • tlchimeratlchimera Posts: 51
    How awesome!
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,196
    We have a fox (or more) that visit our orchard and love the old apples. One video from the web cam showed some frogs leaping through the grass. Brilliant....but then we don't have frog spawn in our ponds. Strange.
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,908
    Who knew that Doncaster is Scottish?
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    I'd love to know what Nicola thinks of that  >:)
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,908
    Never been to Donny. Do they greet you with “Ey up, hen?” 😁
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
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