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Happy Holiday Jane.

kandj I hope you are well and able to find time for yourself <3

Our garden is very busy with mums and dads feeding their young :-D it never ceases to amaze me how quick the young birds learn to fend for themselves.

Yesterday we had a stoat or weasle running up and down along the hedge, my photography is so bad the picture I took of it was just a blur :-| :-D

Lesley x

Hope the cold improves so that you can enjoy your holiday Jane, have a lovely time.

I had the Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder earlier.I have a feeling it might be a new one as it didn't quite seem to know how to hang on and get it's head over the top of the tray to get the food lol.
Tomorrow morning i will wash it all out and fill it up to the brim before we go off.it is looking pretty mucky as i think some little birdies have done doo doos in it :-S
It looks like it is going to be pretty hot in Antwerp while we are there.Bit too hot for my liking really but I mustn't moan.I have a big hand fan packed so I can flap away with that lol.
I feel so much better today BUT that horrible cough unfortunately has returned.Not as bad as last time though :-D
So I'll say tatty bye for now and see you all again on the 10th

Oh goodness Jane fingers crossed that you will feel ok for your holiday. Little birds being fed are so sweet aren't they? Even young starlings have sime charm :-)

No Ann :-S.I have spent most of the day lying on one bed or another lol and I am now off to bed again for the night now.I can't face dinner tonight so will just take a Banana and a couple of Breakfast biscuits up with me.
I have 2 days to shake it off .It's been at its worst today so hopefully it will start to ease off now.No awful cough this time,so that is a big plus :-D

I just had a little family of Gt Tits out for feeding time.Four youngsters on a branch and the adult picking up the pellets from the feeder.The noise was quite something with all the frantic high pitched squealing and shaking of little wings :-D.They looked so sweet.
It has all gone quiet now so they must have settled for the night.Which is what I will do too :-D

Any better today Jane :-) Hope so.

Ah ,Vera I might get OH to do me a Whiskey ,Honey and lemon tonight.(I don't like Rum).
I just love hearing the Blackbirds singing .It is a very calm and still evening here too.Not a breath of air.It almost feels like the calm before a storm .

Poor you Jane. I hope your cold clears up quickly. A nice rum toddy or a few stiff whiskies might help ;-)

Still thinking of Kandj and her OH and hoping things are improving for them.

I'm sitting upstairs at the computer by an open window and a blackbird outside is singing his heart out. Can't see him but I think he might be on the roof above me and he sounds wonderful. There's nothing quite like a blackbird singing on a calm spring evening is there.

It seems to have been a fairly quite day on the feeder.I topped it up this morning and it is still half full.Obviously the Squirrel has kept away.No doubt because OH has been in the garden all day.
The Nightingale is still around :-D,but I have yet to see it .
My cold has come out big time today a right old streamer .Nose like a tap and bunged up at the same time :-SI am sat here with a tissue up each nostril lol(just to keep my keyboard dry )

Kandj says Hello to everyone. :-D.I think she looks in on the thread but is not posting just yet.

My Flowers are lovely .Goodness me I hope your Rose Plant and chocs didn't take 14 months to get to you LOL Belated congrats to you and your OH on your Golden Wedding <3

:-D :-D :-D Vera

Happy anniversary Jane and Mr Jane. I hope you will soon feel better Jane and then you can really celebrate. I bet your flowers cheered you up.

A large box arrived here this morning addressed to Mr & Mrs----. Opened it and it was a lovely rose plant and some rather special chocs. The card with it wished us a happy Golden anniversary. Great, except that our 50th was 14 months ago!

It's today Maryanna lol .No dinner out ,but I have 2 lovely bouquets .One from OH and one from Daughter and Son :-D.Have to say it doesn't seem like 33 years !!..I was so young then and slim
:-SAs OH says I am twice the woman he married .......well he is twice the man I married too LOL

Thanks Ann.lol ..We can celebrate next week in Antwerp :-D 'tis a bit disappointing though as I was looking forward to tonight.

Just caught the squirrel sitting and munching in the window feeder.I have still yet to see it jump onto the feeder.I used to think it was from a branch on the tree but it is off the window sill...

Oh Jane, poor you, just when you thought that blessed cough was on it's way.

Have a Happy Anniversary tomorrow.

M. x

Well happy anniversary (I think). Hope you feel better tomorrow <3

Not quite as achey Ann ,but barking like a dog :-S.I am having a PJ and dressing gown day.We should be going out this evening for a meal as it is our 33rd Anniversary but have cancelled :-(.

Hope you are feeling better today Jane. :-)

A nuisance it is right Ann.I have spent most of the afternoon stretched out on the settee,and once dinner is cooked I will be away up to bed.More comfortable I think ,plus I will keep my bugs to myself.

Just intercepted the Squirrel .It was on the way towards the window feeder :-S

Oh Jane, sorry to hear that you have renewed the cold/cough. What a nuisance.

Maryanna what a lovely lot of wildlife you saw. I have never seen a puffin, funny little birds. AND........ a bear.....Wow!! :-D :-D

We have an apple tree in the garden that is slowly producing fewer apples and is leaning quite a bit now. However, if is the bird feeding station, is about 25 years old and I am loathe to get rid of it. We just hope it doesn't lean too much and fall over. It is not a tall tree, I think it was supposed to be a miniature when planted by the people before us. :-)