Watch The Birdie

 One morning a couple of weeks ago I was in the kitchen and suddenly became                             aware of a terrific noise coming from outside.

I opened the back door to see a tall tree at the end of a neighbour's garden was chock full of birds all atwitter.

G was home and I called to him so he could share in seeing and hearing this spectacle as I dashed back inside for my camera.

Unfortunately the battery was dead and so no photos could be taken, but we enjoyed watching them.

Then on Monday as I was pottering around at home I heard the same noise and glanced out of the window.

The birds were back.

Thankfully the battery in the camera was fully charged.

They settled themselves all over the branches and then a few at a time would fly off, circle around and then land again.

And my goodness did they make some noise whilst they were about it.

Then as suddenly as they arrived the sound of their chatter changed and they were all off.
A pretty rubbish photo of a portion of them is all I managed to snap, but it gives you an idea of how many there were.

Oh Ducky

Isn't he handsome.

I have no idea if this duck is actually male, but he definitely looks like he's smiling.

We've had a couple of days away this week and since our return we have hardly left our home.

Yesterday we needed to get out and took a very short wander to the local pond. It's somewhere we went to frequently when the children were younger and holds happy memories.

Our time away was spent on the Isle of Wight, just a hop skip and a jump over the water from us.

We spied this cute long legged fellow who was busy cleaning his feathers.
I've been busy too.
My brother-in-law gave me a book for my birthday, Banish Clutter Forever, and I've been been sorting and decluttering. I'm about two thirds of the way through it at the moment and I have found it incredibly useful.

The weather has been all over the place hasn't it and we noticed there was another reminder that summer, or what passed for summer, is on it's way out and autumn is drawing nearer.