He arrived by Royal Mail

Time has been taken up by doctors appointments for both Tony and I. We are both ok, I have a date for my op. A bit sooner than expected but at least I should be well on the way to recovery by Christmas, (oh joy).

Lynsey told me a while ago she had taken out some insurance with comparethemarket.com She had been told that a meerkat would be sent which one would she like? She chose Sergi knowing I liked him best.
Today Sergi arrived.

He has his own place on my bookshelf in the bedroom.

If anyone would like to send him some friends they would be very welcome.

Until the next time...

Garden visitors.

The garden is playing host to new birds at the moment. I think they are just passing through. I am still trying to ID them so bear with me and when I know what they are I will let you know too.

This was the first to appear.

It is about the same size as a Blackbird, it arrived yesterday on it's own.

Today two of them were in the garden.

Then today Tony spotted some more slightly different birds in the garden,

 The colour and throat markings on this one made me think it might be a Redwing. I just could not get a shot or a clear view of the underside of its wings to look for red patches.

This bird was a different colour to the one above, however it could be from the same family looking at the throat markings. This one is also smaller than the one above.

The photo's are not very clear they were taken from the kitchen window. The birds could be related to the thrush family. I have sent the pictures to a website to see if I can get them ID'd. 

This is Lynsey with her new cat Biscuit.

Lynsey still has her cat Pepper, who is not overjoyed with having another cat moving in to compete with. She discovered Biscuit living in a hedge outside her house a while back. Lynsey said he did not look old enough to be away from his mother. At first the kitten would not go to her, however she continued to coax him and eventually managed to bring him inside. Lynsey moved home a couple of weeks ago Biscuit moved with her and Pepper. Biscuit is very timid, he will continue to be a house cat. Pepper is getting use to the idea but gives Biscuit a slap on the nose now and again just to remind him who the boss is.  Biscuit doesn't really care.

Pepper had to draw the line somewhere.

Until the next time...

I love my Docs

Today I became the proud owner of some new Dr Marten Boots.
My red boots had died a while ago and I had wanted some new ones since then. Tony made it possible. I had a camera that I very rarely used so he came up with a very good idea.
Tony offered buy me some boots and give me some money in exchange for the camera. I of course jumped at the chance. I didn't even want any money the boots were enough.

My New Boots

I saw some more boots that I liked so I am going to be treating myself for christmas I should be able to save up enough by then. The other ones are not as high in the leg as these and are more colourful.
I told you I would grow old disgracefully, well it begins now!


Until the next time...

A Bull and some Landscapes.

I didn't take many photos in Scotland compared to the amount I usually take.
One thing that caught my eye was a Bull in a field along the road we travelled along most days.

He was a big bull

A handsome bull

He was not a very well mannered bull

However the cows seemed to like him.

The other pictures are still waiting to be looked at, except for a couple of landscapes which I don't usually bother with but I quite liked these.

I was surprised by the next picture because I thought it was just a bale of hay. So when I downloaded it to the computer and saw the trio of pheasants in the background I was amazed. 

Not a great photo but unexpected.

Until the next time...

It's been a long time coming...

I know you have all been waiting for this, You have all been wondering what has happened to me . Well truth be told nothing really. According to Tony I am just too lazy to write a blog, I suppose I have to agree, sometimes it just doesn't seem worth it because I have nothing to say!
However from now on if I have nothing to say I will at least manage a couple of lines or a picture. It might not be every day but at least 4 times a week.

So where do I start?
I will not bore you with the hospital appointments we have both had or the doctor appointments.
I will go straight to the week in Scotland we have just had.
We were called upon to care for the Pride so that Bassman and Matchgirl could go away for a jaunt.

As we drive up the A9 we pass a small campsite

We have seen it for the last few years but never known what it is, the sign in the car window made me find out.

I found this link on google,

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/a9-camper-charles-ingram-evicted-1.902794


In which I discovered the man had been evicted only a couple of days after we passed. I felt quite sorry for him. However I then read more about him.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DUNBLANE+FEAR+OVER+TOP+SHOT%3b+Marksman+is+banned+from+keeping+guns...-a083782132

I didn't know what to think. Then I watched this and I began to think the man was just not quite right.

http://youtu.be/57GWhgW3Gao


I don't know what you think?

Until the next time...

It could have been written for me.

I have not taken many pictures over the last week because the garden has been so quiet there really has not been a lot to photograph. We think the black cat and the tabby cat are to blame for a lot of it. The black cat was seen jumping over the fence too close to one of the baby squirrels not to have caught it. There has only been one baby in the garden since and mum.

I did manage one picture however a very colourful

Peacock Butterfly.

The butterfly landed on the old wall at the bottom of the garden so I could not resist taking the shot.

I have had a tooth removed and I was due to go back to the dentist tomorrow to have a false one added to my already existing false ones on a plate. However I have lost yet another filling so I am hoping instead of messing about she will just pull that one as well. I am guessing the problems with my teeth are somehow connected to my being low in iron and vitamin D. Or maybe all the tablets I take or it could be the menopause. Or maybe it could be connected to some of the other problems I have! Who knows?

I have been referred to a hospital in Leeds to see a consultant for a new problem, is this the start of a new round of hospital visits. At least the appointment has been quick in coming, next week, so lets see what happens then.

Lynsey found a written piece on the internet that sums up how I feel most days.

I DON’T LOOK SICK

I don’t look sick, but my legs often feel like wet spaghetti and will go numb and give out on me without warning.

I don’t look sick, but I live with an intense deep exhaustion that makes every movement feel like I’m trying to move at the bottom of the ocean

I don’t look sick, but I suffer from an extremely sensitive heat intolerance that makes me feel light headed,ill,faint even in what feels like normal room temperature to you.

I don’t look sick, but my nerves often give me “phantom itches” that make me scratch myself raw an itch that doesn’t actually exist.

I don’t look sick, but inside my bones often feel like some one is using a jackhammer on them, especially during a change in the weather.

I don’t look sick, but if anything even something little stresses me out or worries me, my body rebels and symptoms flare up just for the fun of it.

I don’t look sick, but it’s extremely difficult for me to concentrate on anything and as a result my memory suffers drastically.

I don’t look sick, but the simplest tasks can take me 5 times longer and take 5 times as much energy to finish than a “normal” person

I don’t look sick, but you’ll never know the struggle beneath the surface.

I cannot read the name on the bottom of the piece of writing but I could not have written it better myself, people look at me and people like me and because we don't look sick or ill in any way they think we are ok.

 However people need to take into account that there are thousands of people out there that look ok, but maybe they are not, so just think before you speak or accuse somebody of being a  benefit cheat things are not always how they seem.

I have to re-apply for my DLA (no it will be PIP now)soon and I just know I will have to fight for it. 

I have been trying to get my disabled bus pass renewed  for the last 8 weeks, it expired yesterday and I still have not received a new one. 

Oh well C'est la vie

Until the next time...

Squirrels, Magpies & Blackbirds...

Another new face has popped up in the garden, (well two really but I have no pictures of the other one).

This is a very greedy little squirrel so he should fit in very well.

One of the new faces.

The squirrel was on a food hunt. S/he had been round the nutboxes and the seeds but was still looking for something else. Then the squirrel spotted something. It did the usual sideways walk with the tail to one side over to the place it had seen something.

There it found some left over cake, (a very unusual happening in our house)

A very unsure squirrel.

It didn't take the squirrel long to decide it was food and it was safe to eat it.

The left over cake was a hit.

The squirrel had his/her fill and looked round for something else.

What had s/he found now?

Squirrel found a filbert.

The squirrel found a filbert, I don't think s/he really knew what it was but s/he gave it a try anyway.

Then the squirrel smelt something. His/her nose went up in the air what could that smell be?

Squirrel could smell something delicious. 

The squirrel had to find it, so s/he jumped up the leg of the crossbar and there it was!

Peanut Butter

The squirrel clung to the post there was no way that peanut butter was going to be shared.

Squirrel fiesta. 

Squirrel was not moving until that hole was licked clean.

Drunk on Peanut Butter.

Of course if somebody over indulges they have to pay the price! Squirrel ate so much peanut butter s/he had to hold him/herself up on the crossbar. S/he looked quite green around the gills.
The squirrel never even noticed the young magpie pinching the cake while it had the chance.

A Young Magpie helping itself to the left over cake.

There is a female Blackbird still chasing round the garden collecting food for one of her young. The other day she had a beak full of worms but still managed to call out.

Mrs Blackbird calling the young for dinner.

I have been a bit adventurous this week, I have almost finished a pair of trousers I am making for myself. I altered on of my hippie type shirts to fit Lynsey so she could go out in it last night and I am already working out a pattern for a top for myself or maybe a skirt.
Tonight I will try out the new cooker, I am baking bread, insomnia is not a bad thing when baking as electricity is cheaper during the night.

Until the next time...