Have We Moored Our Narrowboat in a Safe Place?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- A big wind storm is coming our way and we need to find a safe place to moor our narrowboat home while we hunker down, but do we choose the right place? Take care 🦋🌻
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In winter's grip, on the narrowboat's sway,
Zephyr leaps, her spirit at play. 😊
A ball of joy in the frosty air,
Her laughter dances, free from care.
the river flows,
In this chilly haven, warmth still glows.
Noses twitch, eyes bright and bright,
Zephyr and her ball, a heartwarming sight.😊
Beautiful! 🤩 Thank you so much 😊 Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat thank you both for the joy you give us allx
Zephyr's face when you're asking him if it's a safe place to Moor. Adorable! ❤
Wasn’t it funny! 😁 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
So endearing just like my old Ellie was xxxx❤
Another wonderful vlog which I always share with my 83 year old Mum. She loves them too. But her favourite bit is always the sound of you filling the teapot and the anticipation of what goodies you’ll put on the plate! 😊
Thank you for keeping us entertained. Xx
Please say hello to your mum from me. 🤗 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat gosh Mum was so pleased you said hello ❤️
This channel walks the extra mile with the editing quality. Full respect.
What a kind comment! I really appreciate that. Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🦋🌻
You're videos are all very similar but each one is uniquely different. You're life is like a beautiful adventure. I like your videos because I love nature and I love to travel to places I've never seen. Even though I can not do what you are doing, I can get a real sense of what it would be like by watching your videos. I don't think anyone can do what you are doing better than you. I love how Zephyr takes part in all the big decisions. She's your little hairy co pilot.
What a kind comment, Dave. I am so pleased that you enjoy the vlogs. They are a pleasure to make. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
You are a modern day Beatrix Potter. 😊You are a tonic in an overly complicated world.
(Also Zeph is so like my Labrador - who knows where they find so many balls! Beautiful beasts they are. ❤)
I never fully realized Zephyr's obsession with bouncy balls until watching her fish them out of the water 😂
The rain sounds plus the moon and birds really created a lovely atmosphere, despite what looked like an ugly storm.
Zephyr is constantly looking for a ball even when she has one! 🤭🐾🐾 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
I flew like the wind on a blustery day...not to be deterred from my ball hunting in any way...Mom counted birds on the day... as I held watch only occasionally glancing her way...There is a children's story in here by the way...Maybe the wind will whisper it my way...💨🐦🐦🐦🌬🐶
Rodney, this is wonderful! 🤩 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Between the video and sound, you did a really good job of capturing the feel of being in that storm. When we heard those big whumps, that sounded like someone had kicked the boat, were those wind gusts? It never ceases to amaze me at Zeph's ability to find balls! lol You have an uncanny ability to find birds, bugs and flowers, while Zeph has the uncanny ability to find balls where you would never guess there would be one. Sherlock and Watson would be proud of you two I think. 🙂 Your videos are always good, but this one was especially entertaining!
💙 I absolutely LOVE rainy 🌧 days 💕. I did so enjoy this video. I am amazed at how your so precise at maneuvering your narrow boat and the gates ! As for Zeph, well I think she was just waiting for you to get done, so you would throw that ball so she could get her chase on 😂. I love seeing and hearing the rain. Refreshing, calming and always a pleasure visiting with The Mindful Narrowboat 🩵
They were wind gusts pushing the boat against the side of the bank. Our fenders had slipped which is why the noise was so loud. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Rain on the roof when we’re all tucked inside is a heavenly sound. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Another masterpiece,…with Crumpets. Stormy canals reminds me of my childhood growing up in the Tropics where houses were built, up a bit on stilts for cooling. A cool space that our Red Cattle Dog, Tom, took full advantage to dig craters in the dirt to cool himself on the very hot days. Over time that under house space took on a moonscape like appearance, which to my engineering mind represented a special opportunity. Because the house had a gentle slope from one end to the other I saw a natural canal system half built ready for completion with a supply of water. So from the tap at the top end, I set about filling the various lakes and joining them together with linking sluices and locks to allow my “boats” to perform their very commercial purpose moving leaves and stones down the system. I had many days of fun with this till my Dad noticed cracks forming in the house walls as it began to slowly sink into the softened earth below. A sad end to my first canal building industrial enterprise.
Oh what a brilliant story, William! 🤩 Thank you so much for sharing it. Take care 🦋🌻
Glad you survived the storms unscathed. After spending three days in hospital when I really thought I was having a stroke which after loads of tests turned out to be a bad migraine, i really needed to end the week on a happy note watching your wonderful vlogs. Thanks and all the best.
I really hope you are okay? When I was in my late 30s something very similar happened to me; I lost the sensation down one side of my body, had blind spots in my vision but no headache and I was rushed to hospital. They did a brain scan and said that it was a severe migraine. It’s only happened a handful of times since but it is less scary now that I know what it is. I am glad you are okay. Thank you so much for watching. Have a restful Sunday. Take care 🌻🦋
@ Thank you. Never been so scared in my life!
Great filming again, Vanessa. Loved the music too. Pleased you survived the storm. Thanks for posting.
That’s so kind of you, Robin. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat what IS that music?...I remember it from school so clearly!...can't for the life of me think of what it's called though
I'm so pleased for Zephyr (even though that breeze wasn't so gentle😄) that the storm brought her so many balls! ❤ 🐕
I like what you did with Zephyr’s name there! 🤩👍 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Poor Zeph ... "do you think this is a good place to moor?" - her face says: 'if I had known there was going to be a quiz today I would have studied...'
What a delight to wake up of a Saturday morning and find a new Mindful video to watch. I admire your hardiness, Vanessa - I've been told that cold has a way of creeping into your very bones.
😂😂😂 This really made me laugh, Robin. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Love to see Zeph finding balls. I guess she's just as happy with that, as you are with finding the lovely little flowers.😍❤️😍
I think you’re right there. 😊 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Every big storm that comes your way, I always think of you and hope that you are safe. “A Coil of Widgeon” succinctly summarizes the knowledge and beauty that the vlog will contain. Your perfect choice of music always brings a tear to my eyes, your incredibly smart dog brings me wonder. And then you are safe to enjoy your tea and treats, and record for us the miracle of this particular part of the world. Thank you, Vanessa.
What a kind comment- thank you so much, Wayne. Take care 🌻🦋
Love your drawings they are so good ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🌻🦋
When I saw the footage of that raging storm, my first thought was about how you and Alice Grace had fared. I’m glad your are both fine.
That’s so kind of you, Ginny. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
I just love how happy your dog gets when she finds a ball, you must have a collection of them by now lol
She loses them as quickly as she finds them! 😂🐾🐾 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Maybe she leaves them for the people that lost them 🐕
I can't tell you, Vanessa, how much I've been looking forward to watching this video. I've been busy this morning, and now I can lay down for a few minutes and enjoy your vlog. I have been watching several of the older videos, and I wish that I had enough money to buy all of your narrowboat journals. Perhaps in the future I will? I've noticed myself since watching your channel, becoming more observant regarding the bird life in my local area and enjoying them more. Sometimes, we just need to SEE and not merely glance at something momentarily. I hope that you and Zepher are well, and I love seeing how much Zepher enjoys her walks AND her balls and sticks. She gives me the laughs I need to rise above the circumstances I live in with disability and chronic pain. I don't know if you are aware of how diverse a group of people you engage with in your vlogs, but I know that I am not the only one who eagerly awaits a new video. It's just so peaceful, and in this chaotic world, truly a breath of fresh air! Take care now from country NSW Australia.
Hi Michelle, your comment is so beautiful and heartfelt. It means so much to me to read this. I am so sorry to hear about the pain you are in and I wish that you didn’t have to endure that. I’m sending you all the best in health and happiness. Thank you for your kindness. Take care 🦋🌻
So lovely- I am also comforted by your tradition of pouring the tea and putting a treat on the plate!
I love your drawings and words as well- so beautiful.
Thanks for sharing!
That’s so kind of you, Faith. Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🦋🌻
Vanessa, as you know, for me, this is Zephyr's channel, you are just the faclitator.... 🤣
Joking aside, seems like you made her the star of this vlog.
I'm glad that you stayed safe during the storms of course.... but the footage where you ask her if it is a safe place to moor is priceless, for me anyway - she was beautiful!!
This is totally Zephyr’s channel! 😂😂😂🐾🐾 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
If there's a better feel good moment than a cup of tea and not one but TWO crumpets - I don't think I want to know about it. Lovely way to relax.
It is such a comforting combination isn’t it- crumpets and tea! 😋 Thank you so much for watching. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
Thank God you were all safe, Ireland is still in a mess, and will be for another week. What a happy doggie ❤
That’s so sad to hear. I hope it is back to normal very soon. 💚Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
You are a very brave soul and very kind. I love your poetry and drawings, your videos bring me so much peace!
That’s so kind of you, Jen. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
@ You as well!🤗
Without doubt this is the best canal barge vlog in the western world. Superb. And Zephyr.... Well what can I say... The star of the show💯💥💪👍
What a generous comment! Zephyr loves it too! 🐾🐾🤗 Thank you so much 😊 . Take care 🦋🌻
Zephyr is an absolute delight! xx
She makes me laugh! 😂🐾🐾 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
Your journey is absolutely beautiful. Wonderful artist full of creativity. This is what nature brings out of us all.
Continued Peace, Joy, love, and Prosperity to you. Thanks for sharing
That is so kind of you. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Vanessa….On par as ever…. My most chilled relaxed and serene half hour of week. Great vlog full of so much interesting “stuff” as someone who used birdwatching as an escape/safe place in my youth I particularly enjoy the bird content and constantly learn new facts from you. Long may you continue making this quality… Thankyou so much
That’s so kind of you, Mick- thank you ☺️ Take care 🦋🌻
Oh my goodness! Zephyr hit pay dirt this time! I could almost hear her shouting, Eureka, I found the balls!😂 and then your dismay as she found a way into the river! That was fantastic and Im so glad you got through the storm safely.❤️🇨🇦
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it, Jan. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
❤enjoyed Xx
Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
The calm after the storm is more peaceful after a fierce storm. True with wind and rain and circumstances of life. Today I completed my weekly grocery shopping after having completed 3 loads of laundry the day before. Learning to be a housekeeper at my age is most interesting. God bless, Your East Coast USA Friend.
What a sense of accomplishment though! Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
I'm watching your storm from a storm in rural northern California. The buffeting gusts scour the last remaining downed leaves & we're all safe & sound, watching you point out fine details of beauty (& Zephyr, the joy of discovery) in this time of turning back to light. Thanks for the inspiration across the miles! Fair journey, friends! 🥀
Stay safe in your storm. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Zephyr explores nature in her own fashion, that is, through her ball finding missions 😂 She becomes more adorable every episode. Another great vlog. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe. 🐶 🐾🐾 🐾 🥎
🐾🐾🤭 She does! Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
I had to laugh about Zephyr with all her balls. My dog was the same, and if there weren't balls sticks or other toys were good, but balls, definitely number 1.😂 I like the way you live with nature, I understand completely it makes you feel alive. Much love to you both❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Balls are definitely number 1 for Zephyr too. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Living on a narrow boat is something I always wanted to try. Alas family and work commitments did not allow me to fulfil the dream. However, I can live my dream through your vlogs. I keep a nature journal like yourself and have just added my first snowdrop as well. The crumpets were so mouth watering.
How wonderful that you have added a snowdrop to your journal too! I saw one greater periwinkle today and it made me jump for joy. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
The large groups of Crows are impressive.
Lovely the snowdrops and the crocuses that give color.
It was a restless night with the rain and the storm, but the snow stays away.
Zephyr is completely in her element, she drags all the balls out of the water.
Unfortunately I am allergic to the Hazel.
It must be difficult being allergic to hazel as it’s wind pollinated? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super week- take care 🌻🦋
I have your nature journal from 2023, and your drawings and your writings are just lovely really enjoy watching your videos and your adventures with your puppy😊
I wish that I could afford to buy all of them, but I do have her calendar for 2025, which I am enjoying immensely. Vanessa has such a talent when it comes to drawing life, and I am very glad that I stumbled upon her channel. Take care now from country NSW Australia.
That’s so kind of you. Thank you so much for watching and for supporting my shop too. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
What an utterly fantastic boater video with an incredible Dog called Zephyr ❤
Thank you so much, Matt. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
What a storm it was, our boat rocking a bit, glad your all safe and sound. Zeph is so lovely he really listens to what your saying, dogs are the best.❤
Dogs really are the best aren’t they? 🐾🐾🤗 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Love your videos, I look forward to seeing the next. So relaxing. Take care, and thank you. 🤗🤗🤗🐞🐞🐞
That’s so lovely to know, Gordon. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
It's all good when I can come relax to another video 😊❤
I’m so pleased that you found it relaxing. Take care 🦋🌻
That was quite a storm! I'm happy that you found somewhere comparatively quiet to moor. What a bonanza for Zephyr! All those balls. She was so pleased with herself. You know, I always feel a bit sorry for the herons and other fish-eating birds. They don't have time to enjoy their food. One or two gulps and it's gone!! A very boring way of eating!😋😋
The herons wolf it down don’t they? 😂 Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment too. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Thanks for a tranquil float along thee canals. Despite the storm, you manage to create a beautiful scene of nature and life.
That’s so kind of you, Dennis. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Saw some of the damage from that storm across Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland Wales and England...woa 😬. Not ashamed to say after a terrible morning at home with damage during a hurricane, I'm afraid of heavy winds. Time will no doubt temper the fear, we are not masters over Mother Nature.
They can be so destructive can’t they? Thank you so much for watching. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
I enjoyed the background music and the exploits of the intrepid adventurer Vanessa. Tea and crumpets, yum!
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it! Have a super week, Michael- take care 🌻🌻
All the storms. What a nightmare. Despite all the concerns, you still find time to enjoy nature and your surroundings. Love it.
Zeph is as just like our lurcher Daisy. She can find a ball anywhere too....🐕🙂.
You had the perfect spot to moor up and ride out the last storm. Instinct and experience xx
Zephyr would love Daisy as she has this weird worship of greyhounds and any dog similar looking. She lies down at their feet and tries to lick their face. It is so embarrassing and the poor dog on the receiving end is quite disturbed by it all. 🙈 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
I just started viewing your vlogs and I am enjoying each one and learning so much. I am an artist painting and drawing wildlife at my home in Maine. All of the lovely birdsong takes my husband back to his English birthplace. Your artwork, poetry, photography and kindness really makes me happy. Thank you. Cynthia
What a lovely comment- thank you so much Cynthia! Take care 🦋🌻
Arn't crumpets the funniest things? And so delicious. Zephyr really has a nose for finding balls and this was certainly a red letter day. I picture a corner in Alice Grey with a pile of moldering balls protectively guarded by Zeph! I loved the flute music... seemed to flow so well with the birds. Thanks so much for your offering this week- a place of sanity and joy in these challenging times. Take care Vanessa and happy trails, W xx
Crumpets are funny aren’t they but utterly scrumptious or scrumpetious! 🤭 Zephyr is a ball magnet isn’t she? 🐾🐾😂 Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Wendy. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
We received our book--it is beautiful. Our family enjoys looking at your books too. Thank you sharing your talents with us---you bring joy.
Thank you so, so much for buying it. I am so pleased that you like the books. Take care 🌻🦋
Your Zephyr is so precious! ❤🦮
She is isn’t she🤗🐾🐾 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
I love the rain. I so enjoyed the safety from the elements aboard Alice Grace, even if only vicariously. ❤
It’s a lovely sound to hear the rain pinging off the roof. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
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Baby Girl Zephyr is beyond delightful 🐾 ❤
🐾🐾🤗 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Such a beautiful poem❤ perfect from another poet
Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🦋🌻
Vanessa, so glad your gut instinct served you during storm Eowyn! I loved all the flocks of birds! And the music was so apropos to the varying moods from calm to storm and back to calm.
This time it worked 😅 Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Karen. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
Very enjoyable vlog,Vanessa. We liked the music.Zephy certainly goes for some big balls,bless her.See you soon xxx😍
Thank you so much, Glenn! Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
We have five or six humming birds in our garden and it's so charming.
Oh wow!!!!!😍 you lucky things! Thank you so much for watching. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
I have had a bad week when it comes to computers so missed the your last 2 vlogs it got so bad I had buy a new one I had to recover all my passwords and links It was s0 good t0 see y0u again you inspire me with h0w you deal with the problems you have to face with storms and the like Zeph is so good at finding balls. Thanks for being there and see you next Friday God willing Steve
I’m so pleased that you sorted your computer issues. It’s so frustrating when that happens isn’t it? Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment too. Take care 🦋🌻
I can remember crows sworming like that when I was young they do make a load noise. Until I saw yours I had forgotten. But thankyou.
It’s a fabulous sound isn’t it? 🤩🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa & Zephyr. I was thinking of you (and all those other poor souls on the water) during Storm Eowyn. My brother, who lives in Ireland, sent me some photos and vids of really quite frightening winds, but surprisingly little rain. Anyway, I'm glad you survived intact - bravo for instinct! As I understand it, the second storm turned out to be a bit of a damp squib, so I'm sure you got through that one OK. Meanwhile, we have been experiencing unusually warm temperatures here in Tasmania, but a cool and damp change has come now (just in time for my brother's visit 🙄). Thanks for your lovely films; even in winter, England looks beautiful ... stripped bare in its hibernation, but life struggles on.
I hope your brother was ok as Ireland had a terrible time in that storm? Enjoy spending time with him in Tasmania. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
I would get annoyed narrow boating but so nice to see places you travel through and how cozy inside ❤
I bet you wouldn’t get annoyed. Being on the water is so calming. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
@themindfulnarrowboat it does look calming 😊
Be thankful that it was a large ball and not another ultra large stick as she had once before. The first mooring spot was a good one.
That’s true! 😂🐾🐾 Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
What a great way to travel and live free ;) hopefully one day I can settle down and get my own narrow boat. Great video.
Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🌻🦋
Thank you for sharing so many lovely creatures,blowing trees, Zephyr enjoying every ball in the UK😉 you are quite a fantastic person to mange everything so very well!Thank you for the joy💥
Deborah, the more you do something the better at it you become. My boating skills were very limited before and now they are a bit better. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment too. Have a super week- take care 🌻🦋
Glad you found somewhere safe to ride out the windstorm - Zephyr is so funny, she's really not too bothered, as long as she has a ball to find. Take care and roll on the calmer weather. We're looking forward to some warmer days ourselves.
Roll on the spring I say! 🤩 Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Sian. Take care 🦋🌻
Zeph is quite the water hound and always finds a new treasure. 😊😊
She would swim all day if she could. 🐾🐾🤗 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
You really do need your wits about you winter cruising😮 thank you Vanessa for sharing your journey 🙂
It is such a high adrenaline sport sometimes in the winter! 😱 Thank you so much for watching. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
So glad you chose that sheltered spot and came through the storm OK... Zephyr had me laughing out loud at her ball hunting antics!
Always a gentle joy to watch your videos.. safe cruising this coming week.
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She made me laugh too! 🐾🐾😂Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
I like your voice and accent. It's very calming and soothing. I live on my boat on the West Coast of Canada.
That’s very kind of you. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Thanks Vanessa, great video, as always. So glad you weathered the storm. Last week, I took Islay out at 3pm, as usual, but during storm Eowyn. So exciting, but, on hindsight, it was a really daft thing to do. Islay wasn't that fussed apart from the wind blowing up her bottom and blowing her sideways😊. I got blown into a run, uphill!. Any road up, it was an 'experience of life' 😅 The next day, we saw so many huge trees snapped it half and blown over I realised we were very lucky and I was foolish to keep to our walk regime. I have experienced a more violent wind, a few years back, but nothing as enduring as that storm.
That sounds so scary. I’m glad you were ok though. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Zephyr is one ball motivated dog. Tail in constant motion; no water is an obstacle in the constant quest of finding the perfect ball. She brings constant enjoyment to all. Safe boating. Sarah from Tasmania
Thank you so much 😊 She is such a wonderful dog and I feel blessed to call her mine. Take care 🐾🐾🤗🌻🦋
Cold is one thing, but cold and wet is miserable. I don't know how you can stand that. Hugs for your cold winder journeys. Zephyr has a warm coat!
It’s only a challenge when steering on the back of the boat; inside it’s nice and toasty. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
I was in a glamping pod during storm Eowyn wondering whether the story of the Three Little Pigs would prove true and huff and puff my little house down - but it didn't and the electricity came back inside 2 days whereas the brick houses are still not restored 10+ days later...! It took me about 3 days to recover from the cold though, seems core temp can drop too low way before we may notice how bad things are! Well done you, that was an amazing intuition and choice!
Oh my goodness! The noise of the storm in a glamping pod must have been frightening. I hope those without power get some soon. Thank you so much for your comment, Mary. Take care 🦋🌻
Thank you once again for. Very interesting trip. I don’t envy you being outside in the rain. I’ll be below deck drinking oat milk hot chocolate. 😊
Oat milk hot chocolate! 😋 I don’t blame you. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
A melody sweet
In olden times, speedwell helped the traveller to find,
A talisman of luck as they navigate the cut,
A golden flute was the melody to suite, the Galway shawl wrapped around Thornhill hall,
And the catkins were high,
As the Nuthatch flew by,
An Irish linnet and 'feckles' were in it,
The bird watch of fame came round again,
For her jewels and her diamonds were the birds that define her,
The girl in a bonnet ,
Recites mother nature's sonnet,
And Zephyr's gone solo, playing waterpolo,
As two statues tall stand guard over her ball,
And Tambourin replies with a flute by her side. ❤xx
Stay safe Vanessa, and thank you.
Andrew❤Xx
Thank you so much, Andrew! I laughed at Zephyr’s waterpolo bit! 😂🐾🐾 Take care 🦋🌻
Another wonderful insight and images* into narrow boat life, especially in a harsh winter.
*All creatures great and small
🤔Was prat the noun that we should be thinking of ? ;
Zephyr ✨ certainly is...having a ball or two during this road trip 😅
The water temp must be about 5 degrees 🥶
And to finish off ..settled down with a nice cuppa and a bit of crumpet.
Thoughts and prayers 🙏 with anyone reading this from the north east coast of Oz especially around Townsville .
I echo your thoughts and prayers to all those in Townsville. Thank you so much for your kind comment. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Love that Zephyr keeps finding balls!
She’s obsessed 🐾🐾😂 Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
You are my favourite channel that I keep a look out for so I don't miss a single video. I have recently taken up drawing (I'm not nearly as lovely at it as you but I enjoy it) and I am wondering what you use for coloured pencils? Thanks for the joy you and Zeph bring to this gal in Canada!
That’s so kind of you. I think it’s wonderful that you are drawing. I use Derwent watercolour pencils. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week- take care 🌻🦋
I agree, it’s hard to read swans, especially when they’re mute swans. 😊.
Wonderful video as usual.
You really have to look into their eyes don’t you which can have all sorts of consequences!😂 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Hi Vanessa. Great to see the first signs of spring. Zephyr the great ball finder always makes me smile.
Spring is so close and it’s soooo exciting! 🤩 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Wonderful choice of soundtrack druing the storm. Hollywood here you come :)
Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🌻🦋
Zeph the great ball hunter! Really enjoyed her searching. Thank you.
She is on constant lookout for them! 😂🐾🐾 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Wow I think you are amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
That’s so kind of you, Barry. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Beautiful images, much love and gratitude.
That’s so kind of you, John. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Undoubtedly the best moments are the night sequences capturing the wind as viewed from inside and having watched twice I realised these were for me memories of storms I went through on Maple. I used the boatmans cabin but the wind usually caused the water to slop up under the counter! I had a stove so was never cold....
Water under the counter! 😱 Sounds scary! Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Lovely to see the first signs of spring. I can't wait for it to come. I've developed a real aversion to January.
January is a tough month isn’t it? That’s why I look for snowdrops and hazel catkins. I found a periwinkle today all by itself and that gave me a huge boost too! Spring is just around the corner! Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Another lovely one Vanessa, thankyou. So good to see the first signs of Spring in the countryside, snowdrops out here too under my Beech hedge , and heard two Thrushes on my walk today, which was amazing, we hardly ever see them now. ( l am in Hertfordshire) Loved the arrangement at the end of your vlog of Gossec’s Tambourin.
Song thrush and snowdrops- what a wonderful combination! Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Thank you, dear lady. You’re beautiful, wonderful, brilliant. You spark joy in me. Take good care.❤❤❤
That’s so kind of you. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Soooo cute when you made that little whoop noise, 7:45... love your vids and dog...play safe and howdy from Calgary Alberta Canada
🤭 Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Another excellent video. I always love the tea ceremony at the end with your talented poems and drawings. This week you had crumpets with your butter.
I’m so pleased that you enjoy the vlogs. Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🌻🦋
Thank you for another interesting, enjoyable and informative video. Zephyr is a typical labbie! I have had several. Water and balls! Magnets to them.
Definitely magnets to balls and sticks! 😂🐾🐾 Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Just love your new book ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much, Hatty! Take care 🤗🌻🦋
US citizens here, and we wanted to let you know how important your videos are right now for our peace of mind. The stress of everything happening here is incredible. We're professional artisans and very worried about our income, but we soldier on in our studio. We've been watching you off and on for sometime. However with the news being what it is we decided to start watching you in series from the beginning. So several a day, quiet moments and sounds. It's been a balm. We also like to joke that we're only artists to support our nature habits. Naturalism and it's study is deeply important to us. So watching your videos and seeing you grow as an artist, observer, and poet from the early days is a joy. Thank you. Deeply.
I am so touched that you are spending time with me each day and I’m honoured that as artists you enjoy my content. I hope that your connection with nature and the creative world in which you live continues to bring you hope and happiness. Whenever the world around me seems crazy, I always find sense in the natural world. It continues on regardless and it repairs so quickly after damage. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
definitely comfort food weather Vanessa - I succombed to crumpets that weekend. and as for Zeph - it certainly seems like size is more important that quality regarding her finds!
Crumpets are comfort food aren’t they! Delicious 😋 Thank you so much for watching. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
Thankyou. A lovely windy, birdy, beautiful video. Lovely to see snowdrops and definite signs of spring. Love and take care both of you
Oh spring! Wouldn’t that be lovely? Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Tell you what Vanessa I am proud of you for stopping up North in these conditions, and I put you down as one of those larger shandy-drinking Southerners
I was a shandy drinking southerner but up north is changing me; you’ve got to be hardy to boat up here and I love that!🤩 Thank you so much for watching. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
I am up north and you have to be hardy to live up here as well. I am on the coast and that storm was something else. Well done Vanessa and Zeph , for riding it out !
Happy to see you came through the storms safely. Your experience paid off when it came to choosing a sheltered mooring. The welcome sight of spring flowers and crumpets for tea at the end of a brisk walk - the perfect end to the day.
That’s so kind of you, Marie! Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
I am surprised to see flowers blooming in January; here in Ohio we will not be seeing any flowers until at least March. The weather here today is very like your weather at the beginning of the video - gray, damp, dreary. It was so nice to join you on your walk and watch Zephyr enjoying the finding of balls!! Zephyr seems to be a very good first mate. Happy cruising!
One here and there but hopefully lots blooming in the next few weeks. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Following your gut is the inspiration of experience 👍🏻🤩👌🏻
That’s very true, Steve. Take care 🌻🦋
Dogs have 4 paw drive so they can go almost anywhere. 😎. Great video again.
😂👍 They do! Thank you so much for watching. Have a super Sunday! Take care 🌻🦋
Zephyr has balls, lots of them. Hi vanessa, long time no comment, I have been busy, so nice to see your video during the storm. The last time I commented was when you found the Golden eye at Gailey Resevoir, You are truly an outdoor girl, and an inspiration to us all. I hope to see you on the 'CUT' at some time when you come back into staffordshire.
I hope you are well? Strangely enough a goldeneye flew over as we were cruising today but I didn’t catch it on camera. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻