Living with Biodiversity ...

 ... can be dangerous.

Sue was particularly anxious to take photos of the fields of wild flowers which we had seen near a plant fair we went to a week or so ago.

A red blanket of poppies

A blue haze of wild salvias

Then, whilst trying to reverse into a safe stopping spot for more photos of a field of white wild flowers (no pictures taken!), I managed to put 2 wheels into a little ditch and we were stuck.  To our relief, a man stopped within a minute to try and help us out (although he was unsuccessful).  Over the course of the next half an hour about 10 or a dozen people stopped to see if we needed help, before a second gentleman stopped and pulled us out of the ditch.  Our faith in humanity was very much restored!

Meanwhile, in our own garden, we have been visited by deer who have tried eating our small step-over apples and some of the buds on our fairy roses.  Most evenings we capture photos and videos of Mrs Fox checking if we've left food for her at the end of the alley.

However, today we were treated to an unexpected (unwelcome?) visitor.  Lying on the steps outside our front door was a Viper resting having just eaten/swallowed something!!

We sprang into action, sprinkling snake repelant granules infront of all doors and windows, but fortunately the snake, having rested, moved off and disappeared into the undergrowth and off into the next field.

Biodiversity can be worryingly dangerous!