It is so exciting when there are butterflies in the garden and the fields. I think they must hibernate because you don't see them for ages and then suddenly there are loads around and as I said to Terry yesterday it makes you just warm just to look at them.

Well yesterday I saw two Red Admirals fluttering against the inside window pane of the greenhouse. It gave me a really great idea that we could collect butterfly caterpillars and then sell them to children who want to see them hatch and keep them inside a tank or whatever.

So that is what we have done. They were surprisingly easy to source off the internet and I have today taken delivery of a box full of crawly caterpillars which I am now feeding on leaves in Nature's Nook. Come have a look and bring any little girls and boys who might like their own chrysalis and in due course a butterfly.

I should also mention that we have issued a notice calling a meeting for appoiting new trustees for the newspaper. Doreen and I met with a solicitor who explained all the things which had to be done so I am very happy to explain it to anyone who is interested. There are some details being published this month of the deed and some history of the trust.