Surprised

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Sue Vincent

We had a late night visitor… Ani was a little perplexed….

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I managed to convince her it wasn’t a ball and she couldn’t play with it and got her inside. When the hedgehog felt safe again and went off on its mission to rid my garden of slugs, I dangled out of the window with the camera…

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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47 Responses to Surprised

  1. Éilis Niamh's avatar Éilis Niamh says:
    June 30, 2015 at 06:35

    Awww, I love hedgehogs. I held one once. They’re adorable!

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  2. davidprosser's avatar davidprosser says:
    June 30, 2015 at 07:18

    A brilliant picture Sue.Well caught. I don’t think Mrs Tiggywinkle was expecting that.
    xxx Massive Hugs xxx

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  3. Richard Ankers's avatar Richard Ankers says:
    June 30, 2015 at 08:00

    Ani looks a bit cagey LOL

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  5. Judy E Martin's avatar edwinasepisodes says:
    June 30, 2015 at 08:49

    Oh that hedgehog looks so cute, although Ani doesn’t look too impressed with it! 🙂

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  6. Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.'s avatar Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life. says:
    June 30, 2015 at 08:58

    I love hedgehogs, we had one who would come every night for some food and water and I placed the dish and bowl in front of my mother’s lounge window which meant she could see it. Then one night we watched as our female fox who had her den nearby brought her cubs and they and the hedgehog shared dinner together peacefully. Great photo Sue…

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  8. annabellefranklinauthor's avatar annabellefranklinauthor says:
    June 30, 2015 at 10:10

    Ani was very good to leave the hedgehog alone. Pearl has been known to pick them up, bring them indoors and attempt to bury them in her bed. Luckily we have Gower Bird Hospital just around the corner, and they have a hedgehog ward!

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      June 30, 2015 at 12:06

      We have St Tiggywinkles close by… who often get the baby birds Ani tells me about. She’s very concerned about them…
      I think she was just shocked that the ‘ball’ had legs 😉

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  9. jmgoyder's avatar jmgoyder says:
    June 30, 2015 at 10:31

    I don’t think we have those here. Quite cute!

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  10. Charles Yallowitz's avatar Charles Yallowitz says:
    June 30, 2015 at 10:40

    Very cute. Never actually seen one in person.

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  11. Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes's avatar jenanita01 says:
    June 30, 2015 at 10:44

    Reblogged this on Anita & Jaye Dawes and commented:
    Well dangled, Sue!

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  12. Victo Dolore's avatar Victo Dolore says:
    June 30, 2015 at 11:17

    How adorable!!!’

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  13. kateloveton's avatar Kate Loveton says:
    June 30, 2015 at 13:24

    One of my dogs went after a hedgehog. We grabbed him – silly boy. He also gets into barking / hissing matches with a possum.

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  14. noelleg44's avatar noelleg44 says:
    June 30, 2015 at 14:25

    Glad you got to Ani before she got to the hedgehog – I’m sure she thought it was a tennis ball with fur! What a cute little thing, and so useful in the garden.

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      June 30, 2015 at 14:33

      She evidently did, Noelle… but were it not for the obvious distress it would have caused the little creature, I would have loved to have seen her reaction a little closer 🙂 The hedgehog had a real turn of speed 🙂

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  15. Marilyn Armstrong's avatar Marilyn Armstrong says:
    June 30, 2015 at 17:09

    Great photograph! Hard to get pictures of these little, shy guys. Your English hedgehogs are just storybook cute. They look like illustrations of hedgehogs 🙂

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  16. Patrick Jones's avatar Patrick Jones says:
    June 30, 2015 at 18:39

    I bet Ani was surprised!! Great picture!

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  17. michaelphelps1's avatar michaelphelps1 says:
    June 30, 2015 at 18:40

    So CUTE! ANI was very nice to just observe! Thank you for sharing!

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  18. Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
    July 1, 2015 at 03:31

    Mrs. Tiggywinkle!! Great shots, Sue. 🙂

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  19. Suzanne Joshi's avatar Suzanne Joshi says:
    July 1, 2015 at 09:02

    That’s a cute and helpful little animal. We don’t have them in the U.S. I guess it’s the lack of hedges, and no one has introduced them there. 🙂

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  20. Denis1950's avatar denis1950 says:
    July 1, 2015 at 12:53

    Great shot of Ani and hedgehog, what was the result? dog 1 Hedgehog 0

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  21. Susan Scott's avatar Susan Scott says:
    July 2, 2015 at 08:00

    Great pic! At my husband’s country club there are signs on the road ‘make way for hedgehogs’. I get a thrill when I see them which is not often as I seldom go to the golf club, only for the occasional Sunday breakfast ..

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