Why I am glad ants are not human sized
Out of the corner of my eye I saw some pieces of lovebird food moving apparently self-propelled along the floor, in a line. This was definitely odd, so I took a closer look and saw it was ants. I followed…
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Singing Cheeping Tree
A couple of months ago, I was throwing a ball for Daisy on the patio and the ball accidentally hit the orange tree and a cloud of little birds came out of it. I’m not sure how many there were,…
Hot! (and Breakfast)
This weekend has been very hot. Forecast yesterday was 42, however our patio would have been hotter than that as it traps the heat. The temperature though dropped significantly overnight to a high of 30, I think the drop comes…
What a Difference a Week Makes!
Last Tuesday I got a message on my phone from someone who wanted to see the house, they came round on Thursday and the photo is me cutting down the ‘for sale’ sign on Monday! Last week I had even…
The Swimming Pool is Open & Tomatoes
Last year the swimming pool was closed for the summer. This was a mix of covid and a lack of water – so it is good news on both accounts that the swimming pool is open this year. It opened…
The Bird Whisperer
Barry the lovebird is very sweet, a very pretty brightly coloured hamster sized bird – but with a bite! She does a quite scary head / eye roll type thing when she spies a finger close to her cage. However,…
Photos of Asparagus (and the asparagus elf)
Earlier this year I took several photos during our asparagus outings. And in every one there’s an asparagus elf 😉
Bobbins after a busy day getting better
For the first time since last Monday, Bobbins settled on her own in her bed and enjoyed an apparently relaxing sleep! Bobbins improved significantly yesterday – so much so that when she went to the vet yesterday evening, they said…
Bobbins – On the Road to Recovery…?
Last weekend Bobbins had a couple of seizures. They were just the normal seizures, but as she was taking medication to stop them Ian thought he’d go to the vet and check if the dose needed to be increased. He…
The Mayor Invites Us for Our Vaccinations & Ian Battles the Pigeons
Ian’s been plagued by pigeons. There’s a couple of pigeons which seem to wait for him to go out of the barn door before they fly in and then coo at him in a taunting manner. So Ian’s taken to…