Hobbies and Crafts

'bird rage' Jane??

Not many birds feeding here lately. Mainly sparrows but plenty of them. :-)

Big Battles going on ,on the window feeder.So many Gt Tits stopping the Blue Tits getting on there.Its mayhem :-S Bit like road rage on the M25 lol

He/she is just popping up to say hello to you Vera :-D :-D.
I have just seen the biggest Beetle :-S.Now that gives me the heebie jeebies .It is a whopper :-S
It feels much cooler out side now ,but house is like an oven :-S.It was a lovely few hours at the Art Fair,but just too hot.
I think we are both ready to fall into bed now.Trouble is it will be too hot there ( but not in the raunchy sense ;-) ) I can see me moving into the spare bed at some point in the night .

Vera my oh jumps when frogs leap out at him.

Jane sounds like a good but hot day. Can't think why you didn't raid the petty cash for that painting. Last friday on the way to Hampshire not far from Newbury we saw three very large red kites just above the car.

Sounds as though you had a good day Jane, even if you did get a bit overheated.

I've just been outside watering all our pots and our resident frog made me jump out of my skin.................again! I ought to be used to it by now but he/she is never in the same pot two days running and just as I bend over to water or deadhead, out he leaps.

Still I'm pleased these little creatures are finding us as this little garden seemed so "dead" when we first moved here.

Afternoon everyone from a very hot and weary me lol.I took us 2 hours to get to Waterperry and got there at 10.We were parked in row 60 !!!! in the second field.
The exhibitions were fantastic.Some wonderful things,but my goodness so expensive .Needless to say we didn't part with £5,000 for a painting lol(that was the most expensive thing I saw).After 3 hours or so the heat just became too much and we decided to call it a day.We got around all the Marquees and saw a couple of demonstrations and had some lunch but didn't go to any talks which were in the house.I would certainly have wilted completely in there.
OH bought some art materials and I bought absolutely zilch .Oh ,I lie.I bought some rustic bread lol
Just as we arrived there ,there were 8 Red Kites circling quite low over head :-D

I have now had a cool shower and am sitting nose to nose with the big fan.

Thanks Ann :-D.I didn't want to appear rude by not replying.

We have a lovely breeze here this afternoon ,but there seem to be a fair number of iffy looking clouds up there now.The garden will be very happy to have a drop of the wet stuff.Everything is parched :-S

Jane I have posted your comment for you. Not many people manage to be able to comment on there and we have never worked out why. Same on the photo blog. :-)

Ann :-) I tried to reply on the blog to Just Jean and you but I need to set up an account to do it.I am hopeless a these things and will have to get OH or son to help me with that .
But thank you Jean and Ann for those lovely comments about OH's painting <3

Von ,yes it is a water colour.He only does watercolour.I know that secretly he is very pleased with this one :-D.I am still working on him getting it framed.

I have just put some drinks in the fridge for tomorrow and got my fan in my handbag lol
We went to Hatfield a few weeks ago to another Art and Craft Fair and spent a good bit there,so I am expecting to do the same again tomorrow :-D :-D.OH always says "don't spend just for the sake of it" ..but he does his fair share too LOL

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Jane is the photo of the painting on Ann's blog a watercolour.

Enjoy Waterperry. there will be loads to see but hold onto the purse strings ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
Von

Jane you have a comment addressed to you on the craft blog. :-)

Oh that was lovely Vera they are superb birds.

Just got back from Wiltshire and about to dash out again to a committee meeting but thought I'd just tell you about a great experience we had in Bath.

We were walking by a quiet stretch of the river when we came across three people with telescopes trained upwards. They told us they were watching peregrine falcons at the top of the church opposite. They told us this pair had nested at the church every year since 2007 and invited us to take a look. It was amazing - I was watching the female and the focus was so good that it was as though she was there in front of me. What a beautiful bird though that beak looked quite scary. Saw plenty of ducklings, cygnets and moorhens but nothing could compare with a close up view of the falcon. It made my day

Sounds like a good day out, yes I would enjoy that unfortunately Thursday is Captains day at the golf club an unmissable day of course!!!!


Glad you enjoyed looking at the blog(s).

Thanks Ann :-D
There are so many lovely pics on the blog.Your garden is looking so colourful ,and I love Maryanna's sweet little Hedgehog.Little Luke looked like he was having a wonderful time at his party :-D :-D.He is gorgeous.

We have had quite a breeze this afternoon and it has been really nice.Not looking forward to the temperature on Thursday ,high 20's and humid.We are going to something called Art in Action at somewhere called Waterperry Nr Wheatley( I think) Oxfordshire.It looks the kind of thing you might like Ann with all sorts of exhibitions and demonstrations.Arts and Crafts.I shall be looking out my coolest clothes and taking my hand fan with me lol.All those hot sweaty Marquees !!!!!

PMd you Jane.

Yes he is a happy soul, loves people around him too, very sociable.

Thanks Ann.How do I see the Craft Blog?
I love your Luke.What a happy little boy :-D :-D

Jane Your pigeon photos and the painting are on the blogs, the first on the photo blog, the second on the craft blog.

Ann, your Luke is a lovely little boy, hope he had a super birthday.

Heard from a very good friend earlier, her son's wife had a baby on Wednesday and her daughter gave birth yesterday, a bit earlier than expected.

She is so thrilled, she was beginning to give up, two little girls in a few days. Her other daughter then announced that she is expecting in December. She wanted to keep it quiet until the other two arrived, she can let it all hang out now !!! So happy for them all.

We have another baby Wood Pigeon in the apple tree. Most if the other birds, apart from the sparrows seem to have been frightened off by all the Carrion we now seem to be getting. Magpies, Crows and Jackdaws.

M.

Vera ,Wiltshire is lovely.Sounds like you are having a good time :-D
Hope the weather is staying good for you.

I heard from Kandj this morning,Although she is not posting she is peeping in now and then and says thank you so much for continuing thoughts and wishes.It helps her so much to know that we are all still thinking of her and her dear Hubby.She is still enjoying her window feeder :-D