Writing ....bit by bit....

 Today I've been trying to choose photos...and write.. about Pirate....with breaks for lunch, a walk, gardening, supper.....

Daughter is doing the graphic design work...I just wish that she wasn't five or six  hours drive away!! I much prefer working face to face..

And we have photos!! 

Catching the sun

It rained Stair rods just as I was thinking of a walk....but two hours later it looked safe enough and Iwalked over to Hannahston Nature Reserve, just did along one side and back up the field at the edge of the village.

A quick natter with my fellow gardener over the road..who gave us her old greenhouse...

And then it was back to rain!

 

Keep on walking

 Into the new year!

After my daily half-hour on the turbo trainer and lunch, we went out for a walk around Hannahston, our local nature reserve.

It was rather wet and muddy, unsurprisingly, but it was good to get out in a brief respite from the rain.. although everything was rather chill and damp.

Two spotted woodpeckers..hard to see as had I got and nearer, by leaving the hide, they would have flown away. After they have pecked at the peanuts, the other smaller birds move in to eat.

A buzzard on the prowl...all the gulls and jackdaws and crows moved on quickly!

And a perch for humans!! 

Owl box

Bat boxed 

Now just putting our feet up and relaxing.

Day after day

 Little improvements...but it is hard work for someone impatient and emotional to be ultra patient!!

Pirate is now aiming to walk a little every day.  Working around how he is feeling every day , we are managing it!

Today we thought...take the parcel ( a sale!) to the post office, in the car...and find somewhere different for a wander....

We ended up going for a nice wee ride....in the car....what parking spaces there were...were taken!!

Followed by a short walk around a bit of Hannahston, our first " off-road" walk. 

Bark

 

Greens, Hannahston