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Garden Birds, Doorway and Memories

1 The birds are back! There was an enormous crowd of Long Tailed Tits taking turns at the feeder today, in skittish mood and impossible to photograph. There were also Goldfinches and Great Tits. It’s lovely to have them all back again.

2 We went back to Penzance today, albeit briefly, and this open doorway was very inviting but we were in a hurry….. Next time.

Open gate

3 We went past a tree with a purple ribbon tied around it so I stepped over the grass to find out what it was all about. I have never before seen a plaque so worded and I found it very moving.

Be-ribboned tree

Memories

My Mum would have loved this blog. She had such a lovely positive attitude to everything and today, her birthday, is Bonfire Night. Mum loved that everyone celebrated her birthday with her!

NaBloPoMo

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 5, 2013 in Beauty, environment, nature, photography, Postaday2013, Uncategorized

Tags: goldfinches, great tits, Long Tailed Tits, memorial, NaBloPoMo, work related deaths

Jools Holland, Bird Watching and Walking in the Woods

16 Dec

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.

Jools Holland at the end of the show

K T Tunstall and Gilson Lavis

Jay in Sampford Courtenay

Cones, catkins and new buds

Rain on the lake

Lichen and moss

Lichen and leaves

Mosses and ivy

Golden lichen

Wood, leaves, mosses and ferns

Just had a paddle

So well trained

Beautiful tree with ferns and moss

Pheasant in the garden

Nuthatch at the peanuts

Cabin built in the woods

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 16, 2012 in birds, drumming, environment, family, gigs, music, nature, photography, piano, postaday2012, senses, singing

Tags: Black labradors, blue tits, Bullfinches, cabin in the woods, Chaffinches, Coal tits, Gilson Lavis, great tits, jays, Jools Holland, K T Tunstall, leaves, lichens, mosses, Nuthatches, Pheasants, Postaday, postaday2012, Robins, Siskin, trees, Willow tits

Birdwatching, Pastry and Baklava

07 Jan

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!