HELP….
…no wait a minute, we’ll
leave that to later!!!
We’ve all come to the
end of week 2 of our 12-week isolation, and I hope you are all as fit as you
were at March 5. Mary and I are still cohabiting!!, and whilst we have plenty
to do, I think we tend to say there is always tomorrow. I’ve made all the
jigsaws I have, not having been sufficiently perceptive to stock up at the
beginning of March, especially as I supervise the library sales stock of
jigsaw, which currently stands at 45 jigsaws.
Oh dear. It’s 6.30 on
Sunday evening and I’ve just looked out of the study window to see what bird
life is around, only to see between the houses a flashing blue light go past. Oh,
it’s sad, you only think one thing.
As I’ve read all my
fiction books, prompted by the TV programme the other night with Jonathan Ross
at Pinewood studios, and where I worked in the film industry for 2 ½ years, I’m re-reading the history of Pinewood.
Last week was a good
start to my garden sightings, but for some reason, some of the cast have
deserted me.
Don must have other
things on his mind, because whilst he is seen passing through, and taking the
occasional swift half from the bird bath, he is not loitering.
Will… he is so
predictable, a fast landing by the Lupins and a quick hoovering up of the seeds
discarded from the feeder, and he’s off to our neighbours’ roof.
Robin is clearly taking
this washing regularly instruction very seriously and takes far
more than the stipulated 20 seconds. Thursday, it was a good 3 minutes in the
bath, which was great to watch. Not sure if this is due diligence, he’s dirty,
or just likes the fresh water I top up daily.
I’m not sure if Blue Tits have an exclusive on the feeder
– I know they think that they have sole occupancy of the nest box, but we do
get the occasional visit to the feeder from Colin the Coal Tit who is obeying
the government stand-off rules, by just going to the feeder hole and taking seed on a take-away basis.
What is for sure is that something IS happening in the
main nest box. Les is quite frequently spotted flying across the garden, and
straight into the nest hole. I guess he must have an alternative non-vegetarian
source of food in a neighbour’s garden. I also saw one having a bit of a battle
with his/her better half= one was quietly choosing seed from the feeder and was
subjected to a side swipe by the other.
Friday, finally with some relief from my back pain, I was
able to do some tidying up of the plant pots.
Rodney dropped in with Cas, but she didn’t stay so he came a bit closer
along the fence and we had a few words. I told him “Dave, I’m going to clean up
the feeder and top it up with fresh food” (which I did), so I’ll see if he
comes back tomorrow. He did.
(I appear to have morphed into the world of fiction..
must be something to do with this self-imposed exile)
To other matters…
QI News
On this day 5th April 1997 the Grand National
was postponed until the 7th April 1997 due to a bomb threat. On 5th April 2020 it was
postponed until who knows due to Corona
Virus.
By the way, all the supermarkets
round here are completely out of sombreros, tequila, pinatas, paella etc. They
put it down to Hispanic buying.
I was pleased to have a poem what I wrote (!!) a couple
of years ago, published in the Derby Telegraph this week. It was about the
patient care by Derby NHS and I had slightly amended it to include a reference
to Corona. I’ve had one follow up call.
HELP….Do I have any followers???
It is
sad that so many businesses, charities, tourist locations etc are closed
because of the virus, and my blog last week would not have existed but for the
garden news (Not much better this week!)
I
struggled enough with my monthly blogs for last September> December, but the
next 10 weeks are going to be even
harder.
As my
blog has been running for over 4 years, since December 2015 and with 197 posts,
I have never known how many people are still interested and read my missives.
What
I would like you to do please, is to put a comment at the end of THIS
communication and send it to me, so that I have my first ever feedback of the number of
my followers.
All I
want you to do please is to enter in the comment box a pin number made up of
the first 2 and last 2 numbers in your full birth date, together with your country
of residence. For Example, mine will be
2639 England. And that’s all. It tells
me nothing about you, but each number that gets posted relates to one follower.
Please do this whilst it is fresh in your mind. I
have in my mind how many followers I want to keep me writing, otherwise the end
could be in sight.
You have no excuse not to do it... you have plenty of spare time!!!
I
will let you know the total response.
Thanks
Happy birding, if you can!
2367 England
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