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Short blog or no blog?


Short blog or no blog? That is the question, hopefully the answer is that a short blog is better than no blog at all!

I have lots on with both the postal business and Ginny’s Jungle, thankfully they are going well and working in unison as I hoped would happen one day. It seems ‘one day’ has finally arrived. I have been trying to get my local events off the ground for a couple of years but it wasn’t until this year that I decided I had to make time to promote it. If I wasn’t going to do it, then nobody else was. Each Wednesday is now “Ginny’s Jungle Day”. This week I went on the local radio (you may have seen on Facebook). It was great fun, everyone was lovely, I didn’t realise that it was going to be filmed for YouTube (good job I put some makeup on and brushed my hair). I also wore some of my ‘bug’ birthday gifts for luck! I still haven’t listened to it but I will and I’m back on a different show next Thursday evening. My hubby listened and said I was great (could he be a little biased?). The bugs that I took were very well behaved and I'm pleased to say that the Hissing cockroaches lived up to their name.

I also applied to be a speaker for the Women’s Institute, fingers crossed that I get to the interview stage and beyond!

In my other guise as Virginia Cheeseman I have been concentrating on arachnids, especially tarantulas and that too is working well. I brought in a lot of new species in January, many have been sold but others I will keep for breeding. I have mated several of my spiders recently, Indian Ornamental (Poecilotheria regalis), Zebra (Aphonopelma seemanii), Cambodia Blue (Chilobrachys species), Thai Red (Chilobrachys huahini), Horned Baboon (Ceratogyrus darlingi). Hopefully I will see some egg sacs laid in the spring and hear the patter of many tiny feet in the summer. I do of course still have my multitude of other little creatures and many of those are already breeding nicely. I do need to cut down but it is so difficult to know what should go. I can only really go by my current sales.

Things are a changing! Unfortunately, the next time consuming, item to look at on my agenda will be this blog. I know it is well read but it takes an awful lot of time and effort. I’m thinking once a month? Perhaps the first day of each month? Please do let me know what you think, an email or phone call would be appreciated. I am trying harder with Facebook and it is clear that this pays dividends and reaches a wide target. Not so much the Ginny’s Jungle Facebook page but it is growing slowly and there are plenty of events coming up. Next week is a busy half term. I will be posting orders on Monday and Thursday as I will be out visiting a care home on my regular Tuesday posting day. I am also really pleased to say that I am getting more visitors than ever, people popping in to collect their orders. Friday seems to be turning into “Visit Virginia day”, it has a ring to it! I have two people calling in today.

Happy weekend everyone, we have thick ice here this morning, I thought it was supposed to be getting warmer!

This week’s photo – one of my Facebook Valentine pictures (A beautiful pair of Jungle Nymph stick insects)


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  1. JenFebruary 16, 2019

    Have you thought of starting your own YouTube channel? Its overtaken Facebook now as the best social media platform to connect with people. Something simple like Snake Discovery's channel, Serpa Design or Tarantula Kat. Videos of people setting up enclosures, day-to-day routine care vids or doing 'how to care for X species' videos can get a lot of views, which if you monetize could bring in a little income once you build a following. Just a thought.

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