having a school at the bottom of your garden that caters for "special children" can be quite exhausting at times.
There is one boy who attends that is more of a handful than most. He is often seen standing on the wall at the bottom of the garden, swearing at the staff, spitting at them or throwing things at them, a really pleasant child. I have had things thrown at me on several occasions when I have been in the garden. He has also spat at me, swears at me on a regular basis, of course, the best course of action is to ignore him.
He has however now got a sidekick. A smaller, younger boy who follows him around and does everything he is told. So now there are two boys swearing, shouting, throwing and spitting at the staff and residents.
Today for over an hour members of staff walked in and out of our garden without asking or even a word to us, when they tried to remove these two boys from the wall at the bottom of our garden. The gate was left open banging shut in the wind, so now it is sprained and will not shut properly. It's not that we mind the staff coming in to the garden, but a bit of respect would go a long way. Once in the garden, they walk all over, across the lawn, climb on pots and boxes to see over the wall and fences on either side. One of the male teachers stood in the garden next door and climbed onto our fence to look into our garden, he had no regard as to whether the fence was strong enough to hold him. Two female members of staff in our garden as well as climbing on things walked around the back of the greenhouse for no apparent reason, walked on the gravelled areas kicking the gravel over the lawn.
This all came to a sudden stop when a neighbour who shall remain nameless ran down next doors garden shouting at the boys, "get back into that school now!". The two boys ran, one into the school and the usual suspect was so scared he ran clear across the playground and up the fence at the other side. He sat there looking back wondering where the voice had come from. Again the voice called out "come back here right now" the boy answered "f#ck off" and booming back my neighbour called "don't you swear at me, you come here right now" the boy climbed down the fence and ran to the school door knocking for someone to open the door to let him in.
There was a round of applause went up from the gardens, as the neighbour climbed back down herself with a beaming smile. Everyone agreed she should have been there an hour sooner. She had done what we all wished we had the courage to do!
Tony and I have had a trip to a caravan sited on a Garden Centre car park. We know how to live!
The caravan was cosy and warm, the garden centre had a small animal sanctuary attached to it, called Ani-Mel-Haven. There were some beautiful animals in there that had been abandoned or abused.
Plop the Tawny Owl.
Plop was found by some children and taken to a vet. He had fallen out of his nest when he was only a chick, he will never be released back into the wild, he lives inside the garden centre.
Two Rescued Hedgehogs
These two will be kept inside until they reach a set weight, then they will live in an enclosure in the grounds of the garden centre.
Ruddy Duck
This Ruddy Duck has been resident for about 7-8 years. His beak turns this beautiful blue colour during mating season.
A Cute Face waiting for a friend.
There are a few ferrets in the sanctuary.
Smile for the camera.
These two wanted to know what Tony was doing, they made an excellent picture.
Butterflies in the Garden Centre
Sitting pretty the butterflies were easy to capture on photos.
Greedy Seagull
This greedy seagull tap danced on top of the caravan until one of us went outside and fed it. The Seagull was an ex-resident of the sanctuary.
Honey Bunny
We called this little rabbit, Honey Bunny, no matter where we looked he always seemed to appear.
Until the next time...
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