The Big Garden Birdwatch.

The birdwatch is completed for another year, the starlings came out on top, 22 of them fighting over peanut butter and suet. All the other birds, not that there were many, slowly dropped by in 1,2 and 3's.
There were 3 squirrels bouncing about the garden like something crazy.

Now I know it's Chinese New Year, and it's the Year of the Rat, BUT why did the blooming thing have to take up residence under my shed? 

I hope that it will soon be gone, steps are being taken.

The squirrels are not happy, the rat chases them when they get too close.

Please get rid of the bully under the shed!!!

Until the next time...

Baking & Knitting.

I decided to give the knitting another go, however it is going to be a long time before anything is finished. I manage to knit about half a dozen rows and my fingers seize up.
The baking was more of a success, I made a,

Pineapple Upside Down Pudding.

That should keep us in puddings for the next few days.

We have a crazy squirrel in the garden that is chasing away all the woodpigeons and magpies. I think the magpies have been stealing the nuts the squirrel has been hiding in the garden.

I am going to do the R.S.P.B. big garden bird watch next weekend so I am making sure that I have plenty of food for the birds and squirrels. I shall take my flask wrap myself up and go down to the shed for an hour.

I have not been taking many photo's so the only one I have to show you is, the sunrise through the trees taken from the bedroom window this morning.

Sunrise Through the Trees. 20/01/2020

Until the next time...

Not much in the garden...

There is nothing much in the garden at the moment, the squirrels are still coming. As usual we have a crazy one in the bunch, he bounces off the shed, he bounces off the post and crossbar.
There is a female backbird coming she seems to be trying to finish the berries on a bush in the garden next door, that overhangs the wall at the side of ours.

Female Blackbird On Bush With Berries.

Tony is recovering well, he is walking round the flat, is walking up and down the stairs ok and he will be beginning physiotherapy next week. He is not looking forward to that but I know he will do it because I know how much he wants to be back to full fitness.

I am ok at the moment, my biggest problem is my memory, if I dont write it down I forget it. That includes what I am looking for.

We have considered trying again for a downstairs flat or bungalow, but I think I would miss the garden too much.

Until the next time...

Goodbye 2019, hello 2020.
The start of a new year and new beginnings.
Tony has had his back operation,  everything seems to have gone well. We should know in the next few weeks for definite. Tony is not allowed to drive for at least 2 weeks or to lift anything heavy.
We have beeen watching one of the female squirrels in the garden who is also having a new start, she is busy building herself a nest. She has been running up and down the big sycamore tree at the bottom of the garden in the school yard.

 Mrs Squirrel running up the tree with a mouth full of leaves.

Mrs Squirrel having a rest before running up the tree again.

I hope you all had a good Christmas and that Santa brought you everything you asked for. I wish you all happiness & health for the new year.
Until the next time...