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Jools Holland, Bird Watching and Walking in the Woods

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

Some Jays, A Greenfinch and A Stork’s Nest (Weekly photo challenge – Big)

14 Oct

1 For the last days we have been watching several beautiful jays fleetingly in our garden. They always seemed to have something big in their beaks. Looking them up in the bird book we learned that they love acorns. Today we realised that they are getting their acorns from over the road and while they are still elusive to catch on camera, I just managed to get a couple in the oak tree. You’ll have to look carefully to find them!

The elusive Jays

2 A little Greenfinch has been at the window feeder. I managed this photo from about 3 metres away from the kitchen and through the window.

Goldfinch at the window feeder

3 As this is mostly a bird post, I thought I’d include this one of a stork and its enormous nest taken in Spain last year, for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge of Big.