When I go out to feed the birds in the morning the pigeons l a dozen or more, are waiting on the lawn for me, the blackbirds are waiting in the wings and the two seagulls are swearing at me from the roof! There are sometimes some do the tits already flitting about as well and the wood pigeons are in the trees, not to mention the squirrels in waiting for the nuts! Today I heard an different call, a quack, and a pair of mallard ducks wandered onto the lawn! I didn’t have the phone with me but managed to get one of them on camera a bit later when he had wandered into the rough area near the apple tree.
Well, this celebratory day could have been thought up for a world in a pandemic!
This morning ai went into the front garden with the intention of making the way to the garden bin easier to access by hoeing the tops off the unwanted plants and weeds.
I made a start and then decided that the triffids needed digging out, not just chopping back, this is the one area of the front garden which has never received any proper attention. The triffids have big roots and send out runners.
The cart is full of roots and the garden bin is now full. I did of course also have to dig up the usual boulder, I always end up finding boulders!!
I was out quite a while and the sun had come round by the time I had finished for today, but looking a bit different now!
As we can now meet another household in a garden Sarah and
David came round for an hour this afternoon. I cleaned the table and chairs and got them onto the lawn. When I went to get the gate open I saw that an honesty plant had already flowered down the sheltered side of the house.
Other signs of better weather, a butterfly and ladybirds.
A nice sky as the sun was beginning to go down.
I will finish with a photo from two years ago in those heady boot sale days!
You really do have your own menagerie. I’m sure the ducks will bring more of their mates with them another day, and before long you’ll have a lawn full of everything waiting for you every morning! I’m sure it’s a great sight to see first thing every morning.
ReplyDeleteJudging by the picture that was a gardening job that definitely needed doing. Very hard work looking at those roots! You’re supposed to relax and rest, in theory. I have to say though that the after picture looks so much different, well worth the effort, I think........
It’s nice that you can now have a couple of people in the garden for a cuppa every now and then. Let’s hope it lasts and we don’t have to go back into yet another major lockdown. Hopefully it won’t be too long before you’re back at the boot sales with Darren.
I love the pic of the sun going down. That’s a really good pic. Definitely worth printing I think.
I wonder when National Virtual Vacation Day was started? Perfect for now.
I was pleased once I got underway with the other clearing and not too much pin whilst doing it which was an added bonus. Have the bit between my teeth now and need to get that area under control! Will see what the weather is like tomorrow.
DeleteA lovely day to have
Sarah and David round, fingers crossed we keep moving slowly back to a more social way of life.
The wildlife brings a lot of joy into our life, well, for Tina and me anyway, Darren isn’t so enthralled!