Blue Sky

Enough blue to make a pair of sailor’s trousers!

That was a saying when I was a boy. There was not a cloud in the sky. What a nice day.

We had anticipated that we would visit our Janet and family today but with Mae and me still coughing and not feeling 100% we decided it was not fair on them or us to travel. So, we went for a walk round the block. It is the first time I had been out, apart from visiting the Doctors, since before Christmas. Why is it that we didn’t cough while out but as soon as we were back indoors we were both coughing like mad? – maybe it’s the change from cold to warm air.

By this afternoon I was anxious to do some bird watching. The hide was up, so, with a pocket full of Mentho-Lyptus sweets to stave off the coughing and wrapped up to the nines out I went.

Here are some of the photographs from the hour or so I was out there. Click on them to see a full size version.

It is nice and cosy in the hide and I can get really close to the birds. The Robin and the Blackbird seemed to be aware of my presence as both looked in my direction but they then carried on as normal.

I was surprised to see a lone Longtail Tit as they are usually in a flock. I had hoped to see some Chaffinches that were in the garden this morning but there was no sign of them this afternoon.

The Mentho-Lyptus sweets helped to keep me quiet but I am sick of the taste of them. Unfortunately I have to keep sucking them this evening as I am disturbing Mae’s enjoyment of ‘Dancing on Ice’!

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