A conversation with the Wiseman-of-the-Sea

Today I recorded my daily video from a different angle, after running 4 kilometers, along the beach. It was much less warm than yesterday (yesterday temperatures were in between 18° and 29°C, today in between 16°C and 23°C, which is more like the seasonal average).  

And this is our hedgehog, yesterday! We do not only have cats, but also a turtle, Fortuna, and a hedgehog, Ricciolina. We did not buy them. They all chose us. Stellina, our first cat, came to find us in the garden and chose to settle here with her little ones. Fortuna, our turtle, was tiny three years ago. I saw her in the garden while walking with my sister. Fortuna became friend with us, and friend with our cats. She spends the winter, from her own will, in the little house of our cats to protect herself from the rain. She grew up and tours the garden every day, exploring each time different areas.

And our hedgehog Ricciolina also came around 3 years ago, but she is a creature of the night! She too comes to eat after the cats do.

I took my video behind a glass, as Ricciolina is shy and private! We do not see her when she hibernates, only getting active from time to time. She too has become friend with the cats.

My brother loves hedgehogs, it was his dream to have a hedgehog. But we didn't know there actually were hedgehogs in Amchit. 

Hedgehogs are very positive for the ecosystem of the garden...

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The password to open it is the same as usual.