Thursday 18 June 2015

Day 18 Read a Book in the Garden

I'd decided early this morning that this evening after work I would sit in the garden, read a book and listen to the birds settling down for the night.  So at lunchtime this afternoon I popped in WHSmith to see if they had any nice wildlife related books so I would have something to read later on whilst relaxing in the garden.

I found two such books which were slightly different than anything I'd normally buy but their uniqueness appealled to me so I purchased them both to read later on in the evening.

Reading by the pond

Books, cakes and black coffee

Book One
Spotting and Jotting Guide 
by Matt Sewell

Book Two
The Country Set 
by Hannah Dale

Pages from
Matt Sewell's
Spotting and Jotting Guide

Pages from
Matt Sewell's
Spotting and Jotting Guide

Starling
from
Matt Sewell's
Spotting and Jotting Guide

Chough
from
Matt Sewell's
Spotting and Jotting Guide

Pages from
Hannah Dale's
The Country Set

Pages from
Hannah Dale's
The Country Set

Mole from
Hannah Dale's
The Country Set

Moorhen
Hannah Dale's
The Country Set

As you can see they're two wonderful books which would make lovely presents for anyone into wildlife.  Both books are available to purchase on the Amazon website and I've included links to them both below:   

To see this 
book on Amazon
click HERE 

To see this
book on Amazon
click HERE

6 comments:

  1. I love Matt Sewell's books! Have you read his others? His descriptions of the birds are just brilliant - there are two "reviews" in my blog this year I think if you're interested, I think it was the Year in Books posts for January and June.

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    1. Louise, this is the first book I've seen by Matt Sewell, I'll have a look at your reviews, cheers.

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  2. 'Read a book in the garden' is on my list to do but I'm desperately trying not to buy anything. I fear it's a lost cause particularly when I keep seeing lovely books on people's blogs. I've seen the Matt Sewell books before and they're so tempting!

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  3. They both look lovely books, I haven't come across Matt Sewell before so I must look for those. I've seen Hannah Dale's The Country Set and we have some place mats with her art work on and last year we had a calendar which I loved:)

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  4. Both books have wonderful images, I would find it hard to resist, I have just bought "A Buzz in the Meadow" as they did not have his first book "Sting in the tail " by Dave Goulson, what I've read so far I think you would like it..
    Amanda xx

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  5. Love the look of those 2 books - My friend bought me "Our Songbirds" by Matt Sewell for Christmas - a great quirky book :) Would agree with Amanda - the 2 Dave Goulson books are really superb :)

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