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Well this morning I did see in the garden, a pair of blackbirds, the female having a lovely bath, starlings, collard doves, sparrows and a solitary magpie. (good job I am not superstitious).

Not much chance of just seeing a single magpie round here Ann, I can see three bouncing around in the tree right now, just by glancing out of the window !!!

I had a photo palaver day yesterday too Ken, I took loads of pictures of the butterfly, put them all on my laptop, then decided to use one here.

Could I find them ? No. They were on my photos but the site kept going to my downloads. I couldn't sort it out so in the end I took a photo of my laptop screen on my ipad, sent it to myself and downloaded it and Hey Presto !!! It's just a bit fuzzy.

M. :-)

That is a lovely photo Maryanna :-D.Maybe there will be more Butterflies to see while this warm weather continues.I see it will be about 21 degs in some places on Friday !!
Now that will be hot :-0
There are quite a few Magpies about here too,but (touch wood) not in our garden.Also this morning I looked out our bedroom back window and counted 12 Pidgeons on next doors back lawn.There may well have been more but I couldn't see the whole lawn.

Lovely blue sky in your butterfly photo Maryannna. Maybe your neighbour had thrown out some bread Jane.

Looking out of the window just before lunch, OH had just filled the bird feeder. I saw a bird and thought, Ooh good a Great Tit. Then I realised there were a large flock of birds flying into the tree, resting and taking off again. they were long tailed tits, so pleased to see that they are still around. I had better put up another coconut as that is what they seem to like.

Oh Lucky you Ann.I haven't seen any Long TTs for ages now.I just love them :-D
I can't see my neighbour putting anything out for any birds :-SThey barely fed their chickens enough when they had them :-S..Sorry I'm being a bit bitchy lol.
I had to go and stand outside just now to cool off.It is soon warm.I just have a sleeveless top on.Anyway as I was standing there I could hear owls :-D That was about an hour ago (5.30)
21 degs tomorrow !!!.Sheesh! that is hot for this time of year.

I must admit I am hoping the weather stays warmer for the next couple of days.

We are going to Bridgwater Carnival on Saturday. On carnival nights the weather has a tendency to not be very nice. Last year it rained the year before it was absolutely bitterly cold the year before it was foggy for instance.

Standing for anything up to three hours whist the carnival passes through can be a bit of a challenge so a mild evening would be very nice for a change.

We have hardly had the heating on so far this Autumn, at least the bills might be a bit cheaper than usual. I only shut the big bedroom windows at night earlier this week. Even himself didn't complain about them being open.

M. :-)

Although we have had one or two warm sunny days I wouldn't say it had been consistently warm and we have had the heating on although not high.

I think I have heard of the Bridgewater Carnival Maryanna.Is it a really well known one?With amazing costumes and floats??Fingers crossed the weather stays good until Saturday for you.
I must have a window or 2 open at night in our bedroom ,but at the moment we are getting so much noise from night work going on on the A14.OH keeps shutting them to get some peace,but usually by the middle of the night I am finding it too stuffy and sneak out of bed to open up a couple of windows (just a little :-D).I need to have air !!

We usually get to see the Bridgwater carnival on our TV. Well some of it. It always looks fabulous.

Corrected as the spelling police have audited the thread. Apologies to the people of Bridgwater, for the extra e I am sure it really upset you. :-D

It is absolutely amazing. Completely over the top, so many lights. The Carnival Clubs can take a whole year to get the floats ready for the next one.

Some of the floats are huge, two lorries long, they are pulled by tractors. Some are tableaux, the people on them don't move, the others sing and dance the whole way round. There are also single entries and groups on foot.

My all time favourite was in 2012, the Gremlins carnival club " Revolution " it can be seen on YouTube. Having said that it was one of many that have been out of this world.

M. :-)

weather looking promising for you this evening Maryanna. Saw a couple of the floats on the news last night they looked great. Enjoy!!!! :-D

Ooh yes have a great evening Maryanna. :-DJust think of all the excitement you will be having and I will be slaving away in the kitchen :-| :-D

Morning All
I have heard from Kandj and she has asked me to just let you know she will not be posting at the moment as her OH is not so well.
Hopefully she will be able to return soon.Thinking of you and your OH Kandj <3

Morning, well the Carnival was as amazing as ever, which is more that I can say about the weather.

It waited until the first float got to us before it started to drizzle. We then had bouts of heavier rain on and off.

It had been lovely all day and the sun is out again now which is typical !!!

I think there were more people than ever there, they were at least four deep, I had a bit of a job seeing, being a bit on the short side. I think there was a convention of the Worlds Tallest People there, and they were all standing in front of me !!!!!!

The Gremlins Brunel Shipyard float was amazing and won the first prize. Most of the others were fantastic as well. So many lightbulbs. So much energy from those on the floats as well.

Have a good day. M. :-)

Oh, I am sorry to hear that Kandj's OH is unwell. I do hope he will be better soon. Thinking of you Kandj.

Maryanna. I thought of you but thought you had been lucky as it didn't rain here until very late. What a shame, one year it will stay dry. And presumably you couldn't use umbrellas for fear of pocking peoples' eyes out.
Well, I thought it was just me (five foot two and a bit) that attracted all the tall people. I do wish they would look behind them and invite shorties to stand in front of them. Glad you enjoyed it, despite the weather anyway. :-) :-)

Thank you Jane for news of Kandj.

The people of Bridgwater get really irritated when they see the name of their town spelled with an e in the middle. ;-) The council made a gaff recently when new signs went up on the outskirts of the town with the dreaded misspelling. There was uproar about that. :-)

The procession seemed to start a bit late. But good things come to those that wait. ;-)

I'm off to work now. I just got a message to say 16 people never turned up this morning. Perhaps they never made it back. :-) I stayed in Bridgwater myself last night. I must be lucky to have friends in such high places. :-D

Ann I am a 5ft 2 too and also seem to get stuck behind the tallest people.It's not much fun is it :-S.Even in the cinema or theatre you can bet your bottom dollar that the tallest person in the row in front will be sat in front of me :-S

Maryanna what a pity about the rain last night.But it did sound a fantastic evening. :-D

Poor Kandj and her OH.It is such a shame to have a set back now after such good progress. :-(

Crikey Graham 16 people not arriving for work !!.That is quite a number :-0 :-0

At 5'8" I should find it easy. So why am I always stuck behind the 6'5" man with shoulders the width of a bus?

I'm just sitting by the window and I can see that all the shop bought fat balls and my home made fat cake have gone again and the starlings are buzzing around looking for more. I'm tempted to leave them for a day or so but there are a couple of bluetits flying around as well and I want to encourage them, so I'd better refill everything.

I had a disaster with a cake this morning so I now have a large bag of crumbs and sultanas in the freezer for the next fat cakes I make. At least something will benefit from my cooking failures :-D

I had seen the news about kandj and her OH on the "Christian" thread. If you happen to look in kandj, I'm thinking of you and sending all my good wishes to you and your OH. <3

I have given up on my cake making days Vera :-D.None ever turned out well :-S
I hope your birds are very grateful for all the homemade food they are getting :-D
I was going to put out some crumbs from the bottom of the tin that OH made the Christmas cake in on Friday.But thought it might be a bit too alcoholic lol.The birds scrap enough now ,so heaven knows what they would be like with a bit of booze in them :-S