Just a quick post today.
"The crocus's are out!" she called down the lane... Ann, my wife, and I, had been for a lovely, if *very* chilly, stroll round our local parkland. I was lagging behind Ann, peering up into the topmost branches of a tall Poplar tree, to see if I could see the Song Thrush which was gaily singing to us, high above my head. At Ann's delighted shout, I scurried up to her side, and looked... and there before us were the first yellow crocus of this year! And it's only 26th February! What a joyous sight they are!
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Sunday 17 February 2013
"Sunshine came softly, through my window today..."
With the tune of Donovan's 1966 song 'Sunshine Superman' and its first words, "Sunshine came softly through my window today..." I greeted today with a smile, and went to feed the birds before breakfast!
It was a frosty morning, though the sun was climbing above the horizon as I sat and had breakfast watching the cold, hungry, birds flying in, one after another, to grab a bite to eat to warm themselves up! Our usual half-dozen Starlings had watched me put the bird-food out, and were the first to arrive (as usual!) Then our flock of Wood Pigeons (6 of 'em!) descended like a squadron of jump-jets landing on an aircraft carrier, and within a few moments they'd consumed most of the peanuts!
'Waggy' the Wagtail has found a new mate, after her previous 'hubby' got taken by the Sparrowhawk, and both were soon down to waddle round the garden in search of the juiciest mealworms I'd put down for them and the Robin... who came late but gobbled up several mealworms before flying off, and only just missing the top of the fence.
Then when all these had shown the 2 pairs of Blackbirds that all was safe in the garden, they, also, came down, one after another - and still squabbling, as to who has the feeding rights under the big flowerpot, or on the garden border - but soon the sultanas were gone as they snatched quickly at them before flying off back into the trees behind our garden.
By the time the Collared Doves came in, there weren't many peanuts left, and then our resident Squirrel popped over the back fence and spooked them as he scurried forward to find his breakfast. Ooo, I *do* get cross with that Squirrel !! He (she?) fills his tummy with peanuts, and then has the nerve to have a nibble at the feeding-ports on the hanging feeders of sunflower hearts!
The funny thing is, that for all the activity of the larger birds flying in and out to feed, the tiny little Blue Tits, and Goldfinches, take no notice and stay in the Magnolia tree, on the hanging feeders, throughout the flapping, and squabbling down on the ground!
What a lovely, sunny, spectacle was this morning. And the springtime plants are pushing up to reveal where we planted daffodils, crocus, and grape-hyacinths last autumn...
A really delightful morning we had, before setting off to church, and giving thanks to God for all these sights and sounds. Praise God for springtime, and new life appearing everywhere we look! Happy Sunday!
It was a frosty morning, though the sun was climbing above the horizon as I sat and had breakfast watching the cold, hungry, birds flying in, one after another, to grab a bite to eat to warm themselves up! Our usual half-dozen Starlings had watched me put the bird-food out, and were the first to arrive (as usual!) Then our flock of Wood Pigeons (6 of 'em!) descended like a squadron of jump-jets landing on an aircraft carrier, and within a few moments they'd consumed most of the peanuts!
'Waggy' the Wagtail has found a new mate, after her previous 'hubby' got taken by the Sparrowhawk, and both were soon down to waddle round the garden in search of the juiciest mealworms I'd put down for them and the Robin... who came late but gobbled up several mealworms before flying off, and only just missing the top of the fence.
Then when all these had shown the 2 pairs of Blackbirds that all was safe in the garden, they, also, came down, one after another - and still squabbling, as to who has the feeding rights under the big flowerpot, or on the garden border - but soon the sultanas were gone as they snatched quickly at them before flying off back into the trees behind our garden.
By the time the Collared Doves came in, there weren't many peanuts left, and then our resident Squirrel popped over the back fence and spooked them as he scurried forward to find his breakfast. Ooo, I *do* get cross with that Squirrel !! He (she?) fills his tummy with peanuts, and then has the nerve to have a nibble at the feeding-ports on the hanging feeders of sunflower hearts!
The funny thing is, that for all the activity of the larger birds flying in and out to feed, the tiny little Blue Tits, and Goldfinches, take no notice and stay in the Magnolia tree, on the hanging feeders, throughout the flapping, and squabbling down on the ground!
What a lovely, sunny, spectacle was this morning. And the springtime plants are pushing up to reveal where we planted daffodils, crocus, and grape-hyacinths last autumn...
A really delightful morning we had, before setting off to church, and giving thanks to God for all these sights and sounds. Praise God for springtime, and new life appearing everywhere we look! Happy Sunday!
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