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Kandj wishing your oh well again. <3

Thank you Lesley

I will be thinking of little baby J at least gaining weight is a good thing, hope the improvement continues. <3 <3

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.

I am very sorry to read about your OH kandj I wish him well.

I have neglected the birds this year :-( even so I'm still seeing plenty of blue tits, robins and black birds :-)

We had another surprise birth in September baby J------ decided she would come into the world at 26 weeks needless to say it meant a lot of toing and froing to different hospitals, J was born in Luton and Dunstable hospital, that was the nearest NICU that had any beds for mum and babe, after about a month she was well enough to go to our local high dependency ward at Colchester general where she became very poorly so off again this time two weeks in the Royal London NICU and so on and so on. J is well at the moment...I hope I'm not tempting fate by saying that...she is still very tiny 4lb 6oz but at least she is gaining weight now.

Special thoughts for you and your family Ann <3

Lesley x

A Merry Christmas to you all too :-D.I think we are just about ready now .Just the Turkey that OH will collect in the morning.Must remember to take all the stuffing and chipolatas etc out of the freezer.That is just the kind of thing I will forget to do :-S
So MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.Have a wonderful time xxx

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone who visits and posts on this thread.

Have a wonderful time, It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas..............

M. x. :-)

Happy Christmas to sll who visit this thread. <3

Message from Kandj

She would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year.

Unfortunately her OH is not too well again so Kandj will not be posting at the moment.
Thinking of them both this Christmas <3 <3

Oh Ann how very sad. Your daughter is being brave, and I agree.... a few tears but some laughs and no doubt lots of hugs to share this Christmas too. Take care now x

Thank you Jane, we also are keeping focused and counting off the days.

Oh Ann,yes it will be a bitter sweet Christmas for you all.But I am sure there will lots of fun and laughter .That is just how it should be <3 <3

Lovely to see you posting Kandj <3.I know we are in touch but will still wish you ,hubby and all your family a lovely Christmas xx

OH saw an Owl this morning sitting on top of the dead tree.It was still quite dark but he said the shape of the bird was definitely an Owl.I know I have seen 2 Owls sitting there together a few years ago.
I have stocked up on bird food today,so hopefully have enough in now to see them all through Christmas.I will warn them that they will be on rations soon if they keep eating at the rate they are doing at the moment !!!

Maryanna thanks <3 <3

Oh Ann. <3

M.

Kandj, How lovely to see you. I hope your OH's health continues to improve now that he is home with you. And I am sure the feathered friends bring you both a lot of pleasure.
We have had a robin and a blackbird in the garden the last couple of days, plus the usual collard dove, only - a bit worrying this- there only seems to be one and they have always been a pair. We also had a big woodie and a few great and blue tits plus starlings to hoover up any scraps I through on the lawns.

Christmas is fast approaching and tomorrow we go up to our daughter's. There will be 7 of us Christmas day, her youngest joins us on Christmas Eve, and Christmas day the married couple join us for the day. It is going to be bitter sweet as, sadly, our son in law has had lung cancer since October 2013 when he was given one to two years to live. His health has deteriorated rapidly this past month so we know this will be his last Christmas. However we are intent on it being a good Christmas, as daughter says a few tears and some laughs. It is all very difficult for us as parents though but we shall get through it together. Especially hard as he was always the cook in the family and produced lovely christmas meals and now is not able to do the cooking at all. He, at 63 is nine years older than our daughter but still way too young to die.

Anyway I will be on line as and when the awful internet there allows. :-) :-)

Good morning everyone from quite a nice sunny morning here in Yorkshire. I haven't ventured outdoors yet but it does look promising to dry the washing today.

Still not a great variety of birds here but the Starlings are as hungry as ever and as soon as I fill the window/ground feeders they appear in great numbers and fly off quickly having eaten everything in sight!!

We do see a new little Robin who pops onto the feeder and cheers us both up, very festive and a welcome sight indeed. Our regular Blackbirds come too and then disappear into the front shrubbery but it's good to know they haven't deserted us.

I hope everyone is well and I do thank you for all your good wishes and kind words which mean a lot. Life is still "challenging" here but we do our best to keep focused.

You are right there Ann :-D.We have also had our solitary Moorhen pottering around today.It tends to stay down the bottom end of the garden and doesn't come up near the house.I'm sure it comes through from next doors garden as they have a small lake .My Christmas tree is up right behind the window feeder so can't see too clearly what is going on .It obviously hasn't put the birds off as it is still being emptied twice a day.They certainly are greedy so and sos .But I don't mind.I just love them :-D :-D

They are obviously still staying at hotel Jane. :-D

I've only seen the usual moorhens and ducks today. :-\

Still only a few birds. OH did report seeinf a female black cap in the garden on Saturday so a bit of an improvement. None around this morning though.

It's far too much money Ann :-S :-S .They are living in the lap of luxury here lol
I think I might have to start putting them on a diet..But I do love my little feathered friends :-D

That is a lot of money Jane, you are definitely spoiling them. I am sure that you get a lot of enjoyment from watching them though.

I'm trying my best Vera :-D.I wish you could see them all here.It's blooming crazy.I must spend about £7.50 a week on their pellets,and then I crush up peanuts and mix in ,also lots of Black Sunflower seeds.I gave up on the packs of Bird Seed as that was ignored.So I just stick to this .I was thinking they cost me more than it did to feed my dear old dog when he was with us.
Have seen the Goldfinch again today.I'm not sure how many there are.My big Mr Blackbird visits the feeder many times during the day.I know what he has landed as there is a 'thump'. :-D