Showing posts with label life. birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. birds. Show all posts

Friday, 23 June 2023

Robin news


 You can only just see it, to the right...a small head...we don't know how many baby robins are there, but they are hatched and parents are feeding them.


We had a long hot day yesterday, getting up to the Beatson cancer hospital in Glasgow for early lunchtime..Pirate went straight in and I crawled around looking for a space in the small car parks by the department.. luckily it only took less than five minutes and they waited for me.

(When I had to do the first week of Pirate's radiotherapy transport nine years ago, it took me half an hour to find a space..and then he came out to the car having finished!)

A good positive meeting, consent signed and new CT scan done..and start Monday for 5 days. Let's hope this works.

A late lunch in the one supermarket with a decent café, on the way home, then a rest..I didn't check, but I think the temperature was high 20s C...

And after supper I planted out the leeks, which was fortunate...as this morning it has rained !

Friday, 7 January 2022

Getting out

 We woke to weather warnings....and they were right...

And within five minutes it arrived!


Starting fine. Then large flakes...but just before lunch it eased off and we headed out for a legstretch on Pirate's usual route.






We saw bluetits and sparrows, a tree creeper and wrens. No dippers or wagtails, the river was still quite high.

As we came back up the field, the clouds lifted



Goat Fell, with snow right down to sea level.

More showers are coming over



At present the sun is bright and warm....from indoors!! There is a chill breeze creeping around my feet as I write...the back door doesn't fit perfectly. Not ideal as heating costs rise.  Still, our rent is low....swings and roundabouts!!