You have got a good amount VW, love Long Tailed Tits too, we get a Green Woodpecker, saw one too late for my list.
No, I don’t have bird feeders LLCC, I just put a slice of granary bread and apple slices on the patio table, but I had a bit of luck with the Goldfinches as I was upstairs and I could hear them twittering, went to the window and they were feasting on the Silver Birch catkins, so close and quite easy to count, Teasel plants are another good one to attract them too, loads in the field opposite us.
Just typical, I thought that I would do this today, and as usual when this day comes around, not a flipping bird in sight, they’re probably around but not in my garden:-
Yes I do, I never use her, I had to get it because I needed a new doorbell and she tells me when there’s something moving near the front door, then the doorbell rings or sometimes if it’s windy and the trees are moving she says ‘motion detected at the front door’, (motion is a weird word, I sometimes think if I looked outside would there be a whoopsie) on a very windy day it’s really annoying and I turn the volume down.
Recently B mentioned using her Alexa for ‘coffee shop music’ and I am going to try that.
Hi Shaliby, it’s good that the Abbaye is being used by the local communities, something that our village church does, they do coffee mornings, knit and stitch, and monthly lunch club, otherwise the church would hardly be used, not even that many weddings now.
Yes I agree with you too VW, how prettier the streets are with trees, I remember that from our trips to France.
I've never been to France but love the language and dream of visiting there someday.
Extremely windy here, we live on very open Fenland, our roof was rattling too, but woke up to silence and calmer weather, I was invited out to dinner last night and there were a few fallen trees, luckily they weren’t too far onto the road.
Hi Shaliby, it’s good that the Abbaye is being used by the local communities, something that our village church does, they do coffee mornings, knit and stitch, and monthly lunch club, otherwise the church would hardly be used, not even that many weddings now.
Yes I agree with you too VW, how prettier the streets are with trees, I remember that from our trips to France.
I’ve just bought my buttermilk, looking forward to trying these
I didn’t name this recipe as Irish bannocks because I had recently seen a lady in Shetland demonstrating a similar recipe, without fruit, and still called bannocks, she cooked hers in a pan/griddle on the hob, few minutes each side then on the two cut sides for a couple more minutes.
For a week or so, it's been rather cold around here (maybe not as cold as in Northern England or Scotland), between -5 and +4 at most, and two days ago, rain that turned into freezing rain. And snow showers last night. The area has been in "orange alert" since Tuesday night in Northern France, Paris basin, Normandy : traffic restricted specially for lorries, no school transports, limited bus/train service ...and as usual, a good deal of chaos. To day was sunny, but will be cold at night, so not much hope of thaw.
Yep, freezing my whatsits off here too, that’s outside though, heavy frost has melted now though, the sun is very warm, and our log burner is earning it’s keep.
I feel so sorry for the birds when it’s so cold, I’ve put out granary bread and apple slices and fresh water, I take the food in at night, so not encouraging vermin.
Stay warm 🥰
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