I had the camera set to sport to try to catch the Blue tits at the lighthouse nesting box. The male was going backwards and forwards for ages and the female just peeped out once.
On my walk into town down the lane, just one berry was glowing on the tarmac.
Coming back up the hill, this is the top of a Cornish hedge, so full of primroses.
1 We have watched with delight as the parent birds fly to and fro feeding their young in our lighthouse birdhouse.
Ready to fly away
Off to get more food for his babies
2 We have a lovely pair of Collared Doves coming to the feeding station.
Collared Doves
3 We were down at the Marina today and admiring this beautiful wooden boat.
Lovely classic yacht
Usually all my beautiful things are from the day on which I post but we’ve just had a wonderful weekend away so today’s post covers Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
1 We had a trip up to Plymouth to see the amazing Jools Holland who just raises the spirits of all who are near him! He is so talented, so generous and clearly enjoys making so many people happy. He smiles his way through the whole performance! It was just fabulous to be able to watch his hands on the big screen. To my delight K T Tunstall was his surprise guest. His drummer, Gilson Lavis was just brilliant!We spent the night in a hotel and next day …….
2 We met two of our lovely daughters, M and L, for lunch in a country pub and then went home with L to her new home where the bird life is just amazing. It was very hard to get photos as they were all so busy going back and forth. There were Nuthatches, Blue tits, Willow tits, Great tits, Coal tits, Robins, Siskin, Chaffinches, Bullfinches, Pheasants and Jays.
3 A walk in the nearby woods this morning with L and T and T’s parents and their five Black Labradors was an utter delight.
1 It’s been a busy day at the bird feeders today. We’ve had a pair of chaffinches, the goldcrest, lots of goldfinches, blue-tits, coal-tits, the longtail tit family and great tits as well as the robins, our blackbird pair and some dunnocks all feasting away.
2 We had some pastry leftover at Christmas and wondered if the birds might like it. We rolled it out and rolled lots of seeds into it. It took them a while to decide that it was okay and today they’ve finished it so I’ve made them a special batch with sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds which they are eating with gusto.
3 I discovered a box of Baklava in the larder that were missed over Christmas. Mr S and I have been the ones enjoying them!
Baklava
Commentator Award
