My Birdbrained feathered friend and other things

                  

First I must tell you about my encounter with a Thrush ~ we have had some very windy days and I noticed that the wind had blown the lid of one of the bird feeders ~ I saw a bluetit go in and help himself to a whole peanut and turned round in the feeder and flew away ~

I thought to myself that if a bigger bird tried to do that it may be in trouble ~ but never thought much more about it ~ until I glanced out of the window and couldn't make out what was in the bird feeder ~ so went outside to have a closer look

When I got there I saw this Thrush head down and trapped ~ I lifted the feeder up and tipped out the peanuts hoping the bird would follow ~ but Oh NO ~ it's claws were trapped amongst the wire mesh ~ I couldn't move the wire so called Lyn ~ she took hold of the feeder and just broke it apart ~ it was soldered  and I don't know where she got the strength to break it open ~ but she did and the bird flew away and didn't seem any the worse for it's experience ~

Toby is a very young puppy and we Baby sat him last night as his owner was admitted into hospital ~ she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on July 12th but was having problems so they took her back into hospital ~

I'll tell you that little puppy played hard for 5 minutes at a time then slept for 10 minutes ~ and his teeth were like little needles ~ just look at my arm to see the cuts and scratches :o)

To tell the truth we enjoyed having him ~ and his mistress was allowed home late last night so he was picked up and reunited with her ~ Toby has a broken leg you probably can see his cast ~ but belive you me it do'es not stop him from playing ~

 

The things I have been doing

                

It is ages since I last wrote in my journal ~ but had to come in today being the 4th of July and Independence day in the United States of America ~ wanted to wish our friends over the Pond  a Happy Day ~ and hope you are all celebrating and enjoying your Fireworks ~ (if they are legal in your State)

                            

We have been out and about visiting some of the small villages in this area ~ have been lucky at home with no flooding ~ some of the roads have been flooded and I didn't like driving through the water ~ (well I wasn't driving and we were in Lyn's LandRover so felt pretty safe) ~ there are a lot of Roadworks going on at the moment ~ with diversions that take you miles out of your way ~

                           

I feel so sorry for those people whose homes have been flooded I know it takes a long time for them to dry out ~ before they are able to move back into them ~  (Lyn was flooded out when she lived on the farm)~ I hope there will be some kind of help for them and those who have no insurance ~

                                

The news has been terrible and thank God those car bombs didn't explode ~ I am still getting over the shock of those terrorists being Doctors ~ as I think everyone else is ~ obviously the Hippocratic Oath means nothing to them ~

                               

My Grandson Jake broke two of his toes practising football ~ so he is out of the game for the time being ~ they still practise even though the Season is over ~ and he really misses it  ~

 

 

 

 

 

Pics and the vets

                

 

We had to take Nin and Barney to the Vet's yesterday ~ Nin was having his injections ~ Barney came along for the ride ~ when Lyn took Nin in Barney just sat and cried and scrabbled to get out of his cage ~ I sat in the car while Lyn went inside ~ I love to sit and watch the people going in and out ~ there was a real variety of different Dogs ~ A Great Dane ~ an Old English Sheepdog ~ a Westie ~ Yorkshire terrier and lots of Cats ~ there was one the image of Gabi who lives with Linda in Sunny Washington http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1960/LindasWorld/

With all the beautiful weather we have been having Lyn has been working hard in the garden ~ but today it has clouded over and is quite cold  hence it is a nice day to stay indoors ~

The pictures are mostly in our Garden ~ the shop window is Digbys' of Holt ~ they specialise in Weddings ~ and is such a lovely display ~ the shop is in the Royal Arcade in Norwich ~ but their Main shop is in Holt in Norfolk a beautiful Old English Town well worth a visit ~

 

 

 

 

another little visitor to the garden

Do you remember we had a little Rabbit in the Garden last year ~ Nin and Barney are very interested in this one !!!!!

When I let the boys into the garden this little chap shoots through a gap into the wood pile where he is very safe away from them ~

AOL who else !!!!!!

              

What have AOL done to our pictures and can someone tell me where the Captions have gone ~ I like Captions they tell me what I am looking at ~

Lilac in the Garden

I mean would you have known that was Lilac if I had not put a caption there :o)

And you never would have known these are Cherries growing on the Tree we planted last year without this caption ~ :o)

Have just been playing around with pictures and realise if you click onto a moving picture it does become large with the caption added ~ which is quite good ~

What do you think !!!!!!!!!>

coincidence

            

Is this a coincidence or what ! ~ Tom and Cress came to visit us last Friday and as they were leaving Tom going first followed by me and as Lyn went to go out the door of she tripped on the step and went down~ hitting her head ~ sprained her wrist ~ grazed both knees ~ twisted her ankle ~ with a few other cuts and bruises ~ Tom not seeing what had happened turned round to see his Mum on her knees and rushed to help her up ~

We went back into the house and had a cup of tea (Our cure all treatment for anything) ~ Lyn was in quite a bit of pain ~ she pointed out that she could move all her fingers so didn't think she had broken her wrist ~ after a while Tom left but they returned Saturday with a big bunch of flowers and a big bar of chocolate for Lyn and to make sure she was OK ~

Lyn had a Birthday party to go to Saturday night ~ she did make it to the party but didn't do any dancing ~

 Sunday Lyn and I were in the garden came through the gate leading to the side door ~ me leading the way and I tripped and went down ending up in exactly the same spot Lyn had fallen on the Friday ~ I hurt my left leg ~ A few tiny cuts on my hand ~ and scrapped my toes which were bleeding on my right leg and scuffed my knee which was very red but painless ~ painless because that is my Numb leg damaged when I had Radiotherapy so it didn't hurt at all :o)

 My Mum always said things come in threes and she would always snap a match stick in two to stop the run of bad luck ~ Now I am not superstitious but then I don't believe in tempting fate ~ so after hunting for a match stick and snapping it into two pieces ~ we should now feel safe going out of that door and coming in that Gate next time :o) ~

On the go again

                    

Since it has been such wonderful weather we have been out and about quite a lot ~ far too nice to stay indoors ~

We went to Sheringham I love this little seaside town there is so much packed into the High Street there are shops of all shapes and sizes selling almost everything you could possibly want ~

I especially like the Chippie there ~ you can go in and sit down to have your meal ~ and the sea views are lovely ~

we then went on to Cromer another seaside town just along our coast line they have some really cute little shops there as the pictures show ~ did a little bit of shopping just something to have for tea ~ and a few groceries ~ and yes we did have an icecream it wouldn't be a visit to the seaside without your icecream ~

The other morning Lyn went into the Garage only to find our resident field mouse sitting at the bottom of a plastic storage tub ~ he had got in there but could not get out ~ but he wasn't perturbed as he sat there coolly washing his face and whiskers ~ I wish she had taken a photograph of him ~ if you remember I did get one of him sitting in the freezer in the garage ~ he was of course set free ~

It has been much cooler today and we had a little rain ~ but only a very small amount ~ we havn't had any rain here for the last 26 days ~ so the Garden could really do with a nice downpour ~ A nice gentle downpour ~ "Please"