First Strawberries of the Summer

Wildlife Cam

A small selection of the offerings from my birthday present this year - an infra-red wildlife camera, that can be moved around the garden to different locations.  First shots taken in daylight, caught birds and the local squirrel, cleaning up under the bird feeder: 

Then we have the night-time footage - one cat:

And something a little more intriguing . . .

. . . or it could be just another cat!

Out and About

With family in town we were out and about this weekend, visiting some of our local haunts.

Not least that perennial favourite, Llanerchaeron - no piglets this time, but there was a very impressive turkey huffing and strutting his way around the farmyard.

Hadn't really seen one close up before, and must say he appeared a very alien looking creature - think he needed to express his dominance as there was quite a lot of feather shaking, and vocal display going on.


Moved on to tour the gardens and lake, and later on went up to some local woodland for a bit of a wander, listening to the birds, and admiring the views:

All in all a nice weekend - the sun even shone for us!

Wildlife at Work

WARNING

Please do not use this cigarette bin.

Wildlife nesting

Was intrigued to see this sign on the cigarette bin outside work - then one day caught the blue-tits going in and out feeding their young.

You wouldn't think that the aroma of stale cigarettes and constant foot traffic going in and out of the nearby gates, would make for a blue-tit 'des res', but it obviously suited them.  Will have to see if they come back next year!

Behind the Door . . .

A range of 'innovative' storage solutions have been implemented over the last couple of weeks - much of which involved hanging things behind doors:

A place for everything, and everything in its place . . .

Enticing the Mice

Nice day, sitting in the sun on the bench, and enticing the mice with sunflower seeds . . .  better here than in the fruit cage!

Health and Safety

The open staircase here hasn't been a problem for us up to now, but I've had a bit of dodgy knee for the last few months, and decided that a stair rail might be a good idea after all.


So we got the builders back for one last job . . .


Finished varnishing it today - matches in with the pine woodwork elsewhere, and it feels a lot safer now going downstairs, and helps me haul myself upstairs when the knee is playing up!