Valley Creations reflects Steve Scott and Ruth Love. We both have varied interests and have spent our lives trying to make things better for all. We believe that by making small changes to the way that we all do things and thinking about interests outside ourselves, we can make things better. We have always carried out volunteer functions and tried to minimise our negative impacts on the world. The garden and all the other things on this website represent that.
Like all animals we humans are selfish. Unlike other animals we are able to hugely multiply our impacts. Unlike other animals we can also discuss what we do and could make decisions that minimise our bullying and negative effects. We have a responsibility to do that.
Here is some information from the UK Met Office showing some of those impacts.
For details of Butterfly Sculptures see Butterflies and Other Metal Sculptures
Latest Garden Post:
- Nest Box – Finally
It is nearly 20 years since I moved into this house and there were old, unused, nest boxes here then. Those were put up by Ruth who arrived here 10 years earlier. Despite that we’ve put up several since. One was hidden in a conifer about 20m away from where I film with an old Fairphone 3 but just about visible from that angle. Then wood pigeons nested and played trampolines on one of the branches and the following winter snows made a big gap in that part of the conifer.
Still no sign of activity, other than a quick investigation. Suddenly from another room, I spotted a bird going in, so rushed up and set things up. Over several days there have now been multiple sightings. Hurrah.
The first video is the best so far. The second just illustrates the effect of a change of wind direction on temperatures and thus insect activity in early April.