| | Have You Found Your Little Piece Of Heaven? | | Well, it rained last night and again this morning, and although the forecast had changed a little, and we had hazy sunshine today, there were no buses through the village, so Hastings Jack In The Green Fest was out. Perhaps next year!Instead, I decided to go, with my Son's family, to Heaven Farm, which isn't nearly as far, and for which we didn't need to leave so early. So, I was picked up and off we went... it was beautiful there today, and I found my little piece of Heaven for the afternoon.Famous for its' nature trail, magnificent spring display of bluebells and its foxgloves which stand tall above a carpet of lush green in the summer, this unique farm is well documented back to the year 1387. It is said that “time stood still” here and walking around the now one-hundred-and-eighty-year-old farm buildings, you can understand why. You can imagine the Saxon pig-drovers and the Iron Age people, whilst treading the trail of hammer ponds an undulating countryside. Ashdown Forest is a section of the original St. Leonard’s Forest - the great forest of Andereswald - which lay between the North and South Downs and stretched east to west for a hundred miles, inhabited by deer,... | |
| | my best pet ( hamster ) | | ùTHe best-known species of hamster is the Syrian or Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), which is the type of hamster most commonly kept as a pet. It is also sometimes called a "fancy" hamster. Pet stores also have taken to calling them "honey bears," "panda bears," "black bears," "European black bears," "polar bears," "teddy bears," and "Dalmatian", depending on their coloration. There are also several variations, including long-haired varieties that grow hair several centimeters long and often require special care.Other hamsters that are kept as pets are the four species of "dwarf hamster". Campbell's Dwarf Hamster (Phodopus campbelli) is the most common of the four — they are also sometimes called "Russian Dwarfs"; however, many hamsters are from Russia, and so this ambiguous name does not distinguish them from other species appropriately. The coat of the Winter White Russian Dwarf Hamster (Phodopus sungorus) turns white during winter (when the hours of daylight decrease). The Roborovski Hamster (Phodopus roborovskii) is extremely small and fast. The Chinese Hamster (Cricetulus griseus), although not technically a true "dwarf hamster", is the only hamster with a... | |
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