Lucinda's Little Glade of Imagining (NZ) [Level 42]

Enter the secluded glade - sit on the soft, sunlight-dappled moss - listen to the warm wind softly rustling the leaves - and dream ...

My garden is currently Level 12, and I'm shamelessy diamond dusting my Chie Bonsai when I have diamonds to spare.


Here are the first screenshots I took of my garden, when it was looking particularly nice (and birthday-ish!).
As you can see, I prefer bottles, shells, teacups and pink pots for planting. I'm a little sorry that we have to have special bonsai pots - I don't think they are as cute as the others.

Garden on 5th February 2009:


Garden on 12th February 2009:

I got so busy looking for wildlife, I forgot that my bonsai was still not fully grown, and that I could still DD it.
So I've just dumped everything I had onto it.
Now I hope I can find enough diamonds in the next day or so to revive my mini-mushrooms game when it runs out!

Here are the first of each type of wildlife spotted in my garden, in the order they were spotted:

Chipmunk

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White Mouse
[no screen cap]
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Field Mouse
[no screen cap]
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Lop Eared Bunny

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Brown Bunny

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Pygmy Mouse

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [16 Mar]

Tortoise

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [16 Mar]

Hare

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [25 Apr]

Hedgehog

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [7 May]

Badger

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [22 May]

And the very last of the first group of furries ...!
Red Squirrel

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [06 July]

My very first critter spotted: White Mouse in Free Spirit Scotland (also first for garden)

Field Mouse in The Catnip Garden - AUS (also first for garden)

Grey Squirrel in Mercedes' Garden (NZ) (also first for garden)

Pygmy Mouse in Green Gables Garden (also first for garden)

Hare in Castle Von Krolock

Tortoise in Free Spirit Scotland (also first for garden)

Brown Bunny in Desi's Tea Garden (now called Fairy Hollow)

Hedgehog in The Labyrinth (also first for garden)

Lop Eared Bunny in Edgewood

Chipmunk in ~* Whoops-a-daisy *~ South Island, NZ (also first for garden)

Red Squirrel in Arwen's Rivendell (also first for garden)

Badger in The Catnip Garden - AUS (also first for garden)

*Don't harvest fruit, plant more seeds, then buy more food when I still have sleepy-dust in my eyes ...

I wanted to have something new in my garden, so harvested two Fructus Randomuses (which had done a great job of attracting totoises), and a Luna Serena. Thought I'd concentrate on attracting some of the squirrel family for a bit, since I'm still in the Bonsai stages.
Bought a plate of peanuts ...

... Forgot to read the 'How to Keep Out' info and now realise that I still have a flowering Carmena Aviflora in my garden --which I need to level up, and which deters Chipmunks and Grey Squirrels. And I have nothing for Red Squirrels.


At least I bought the cheap nuts.

My Taiyo Bonsai is fully grown. One week to go till it fruits and I say farewell to the bonsai levels!
Can't wait - I definitely prefer flowers.

Yay! I got a pleasant surprise last night when I saw that my Taiyo Bonsai had fruited!
I didn't give it much of a chance to beautify my garden --tee hee!-- it got harvested and put to use in the Herbalism pot pretty smartly.

I'll keep the green veges out for the Easter Bunnies for as long as daffodils can be grown.

Here's a screen shot of my garden today just before another daffodil fruited, which was then harvested:

These are my first two Praecocias.

Over the last few days I've been spending more gold than I've had coming in - haven't had much luck in finding Easter Bunnies in other people's gardens either. Today I played Magical Mushrooms in the hope of winning some key Alchemy ingredients. In three games I found one of a 10-gold pair! So close to finding the second ones ... I've never seen so many 10-gold pairs pop up before!

Off to work now. Somebody please spot the next critter in my garden - feeding table is about due for another visit!

I'm currently working through the Praecocia levels - finding the right pots by trial and error, and a process of elimination.

Here's my garden, as of yesterday, with some of the Praecocia gems:

Sadly, they had to go to make room for a feeding table. The Lunas are fruiting - bring on the Badger(s)!

Mallard

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Yellow Wagtail

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Wren

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Ostrich

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Australian King Parrot

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Magpie

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Pair of Magpies

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Kingfisher

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Singing Bush Lark

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Kiwi

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Bee Eater

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Mallard in Green Gables Garden (also first for garden)

Yellow Wagtail in Arwen's Rivendell (also first for garden)

Bee Eater in THE ZAATERIEN empIRES back GARDEN

Wren in Hogvarts - Zagreb Croatia (also first for garden)

Ostrich in Spritual Haven (also first for garden)

Australian King Parrot in Vålerenga Park, NO

Singing Bush Lark in PERIZADA (Born of the Fairies), Te Awamutu, NZ

Kingfisher in Vålerenga Park, NO

Magpie in œ✿Asteraceae✿GBœ✿

Kiwi in NICOLLE'S LEGENDARY WILDLIFE WONDERLAND

Pair of Magpies in Cheeky Garden

Gecko

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Meerkat

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Raccoon

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Roadrunner

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Armadillo

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Giraffe

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Gecko in the garden of contemplation (uk) (also first for garden)

Armadillo in Little Cutie's place (Slovenia)

Raccoon in The Catnip Garden - AUS

Meerkat in compost heep

Red Fox in ❀.•*¨`*•.Many Lavenders.•*¨`*•.❀

Giant Anteater in Tranquil Waters

Mole in A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU (also first for garden)

Skunk in Edgewood (also first for garden)

Groundhog in Mercedes' Garden (NZ) (also first for garden)

Roadrunner in The Labyrinth (also first for garden)

Giraffe in Hazelnut Cottage Garden

Gazelle in Mercedes' Garden (NZ)

I've just been updating my 'first critter' posts. This morning I finally got a Red Squirrel to my garden, which completes my set of the original furry critters!

So currently, with my garden at 1 year old, I'm on Level 19 and waiting for the frogs to flower from the Lilium Ranidae.
Can't wait till I get to grow fishies in bubbles and the chance to attract a Kingfisher - I love Kingfishers!

My garden is currently at Level 23, but I haven't planted my Fructus Odonata yet. I've been taking a little 'time out' of leveling up because I love the look of my flowering Cumulus Amoras too much!

Critters still to attract: Armadillo, Kiwi, Bee Eater, Roadrunner
Critters still to spot: Kiwi, Roadrunner, Pair of Magpies

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ETA: Well, one of my Cumulus Amoras fruited tonight, so the Fructus Odonata has been planted.

Water Dragon

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Rainbow Dragon

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Golden Dragon

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Griffin

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Phoenix

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Pegasus

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Unicorn

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Water Dragon in Hogvarts - Zagreb Croatia (also first for garden)

Rainbow Dragon in Heavenly Blossoms

Golden Dragon in Wildlife Wonderland

Griffin in Edgewood

Phoenix in Heavenly Blossoms

Pegasus in Franklin fairyland

Unicorn in Franklin fairyland (also first for garden)

Easter Bunny

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ April 2009 (Easter)
Spotted in someone else's garden- heavenly glade (also first for garden)


Flamingo

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ October 2009 (Breast Cancer Awareness Month)
Spotted in someone else's garden - THE ZAATERIEN empIRES back GARDEN


Bat

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ October 31 2009 (Halloween)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Fire Swamp


Black Cat

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ November 1 2009 (Halloween)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Bella Donna's Magical Aisle U.K


Peace Dove

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ November 9 2009 (Rememberance Day)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Shiny Happy Garden


Cardinal

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2009 (Christmas)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Mercedes' Garden (NZ)


Arctic Hare

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2009 (Christmas)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Heavenly Blossoms

Rudolph

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2009 (Christmas)
Spotted in someone else's garden - heavenly glade (also first for garden)

Snowy Owl

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2009 (Christmas)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Bella Donna's Magical Aisle U.K (also first for garden)

Arctic Fox
no screen cap
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2009 (Christmas)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Green Gable Garden (also first for garden)

Reindeer
no screen cap
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2009 (Christmas)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Franklin fairyland


Groundhog

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ January 2010 (for Northern Hemisphere Spring)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Mercedes' Garden (NZ) (also first for garden)


Lovebirds

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ February 2010 (Valentine's Day)
Spotted in someone else's garden - Land of the long White Cloud

Wildlife that still needs to be spotted in my garden:
Fox, Bee Eater, Anteater, Mole, Cardinal, Giraffe, Skunk, Meteorat, Rockoon, Froog, Snabbit, Ping-Ponguin, Groundhog

Wildlife I still need to spot in other gardens:
Kiwi, Roadrunner, Pair of Magpies, Anteater, Giraffe, Rockoon, Snabbit, Ping-Ponguin


Updated 9 Mar

Halloween Garden - I love how you can see the flying witches through the ghosts.



Garden of flowering Planetais



My Planetarium!
I could have harvested the mushroom and kept a food table out for Halloween critters while waiting for the Planetais to fruit, but that felt like a waste of a mushroom.

Thank you to the all the fairies who kept my garden alive by watering and reviving wilters!

Meteorat
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Spotted in someone else's garden - Franklin fairyland

Rockoon
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Spotted in someone else's garden -

Froog
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Spotted in someone else's garden - A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDUE (also first for garden)

Snabbit

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [4 March]
Spotted in someone else's garden - Shangri-La (BC, Canada)

Ping-Ponguin

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [9 March]
Spotted in someone else's garden - Shangri-La (BC, Canada)