The Bird Table

Since the last post nothing much has happened apart from us getting a bird table!

We got it at a garden center and it was reduced by 70% , what a deal!!!

I got some seeds and stuff for it, set it up in the back yard and have been watching it with camera in hand so I could get some pictures for this blog..........not managed to get one!!!!

we have had plenty of birds visiting, but NEVER WHEN I HAVE THE CAMERA HANDY!!!!

to date we have had 5 wild doves that have thrown birdseed all over the yard and pooped everywhere, two Magpies that made such a racket that I thought thay had got into the kitchen, some bluetits and sparrows that swoop in and out so fast that I only manage to get picture of the bird table and then there is the star of out show.....Rockie the robin, he is the only one that we have managed to get a picture of!

This is the picture Amie got of him this morning, he is a bit of a personality, he comes right up to the back door and looks at us, he is not affraid or anything, so my plan is to get my film camera setup and try and get a picture of him for our christmas cards this year, think it is a bit of a tall order, but worth a try!

In other news the number of people eating and enjoying the "Nelson Curry" is now up to seven, and so on the strength of this success i have decided to put up another of my recipies in the coming days.

Might be the "Andy's Easy Sweet 'N' Sour Chicken" or "Clements Christmas Cookies" (the cookies I make every year for Amies Grandparents, there name is Clements).

In even more news , my cousin is going to get married next summer, Way to go Dawn and Mike Congratulations from all over here.

Anyway that enough for now, I am thinking of doing a regular spot called "pictures on my wall" which will have my favorite photos posted, so watch this space!

Bonfire Night

"Remember Remember the fifth of November!!"

Strange thing to remember! like any festival the meaning seems to have gotten lost and the whole thing takes on a different meaning.

the whole line is " Remember Remember the fifth of November Gunpowder treason and Plot, I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot."

Although it appears to have been, and seeing as the only people who were killed in the whole Gunpowder plot were the plotters, it seems to me that there is little need to remember it......

Bonfire night is now a time for responsible adults to blow up 15 square feet of their own back yards and singe hair and set fire to things, which I must admit me and my brother-in-law quite enjoy........guess its a guy thing.

anyway seeing as we have only a square of concrete for a back yard we went over to my sisters to blowup their garden with a selection of rockets and firecrackers.

The rockets were very good, the firecrackers all seem to be exactly the same. I remember when I was small that there were a lot more colors and sounds compared to the modern fireworks.

We all sat in the front yard and Jon disappeared off into the gloom and started letting off the fireworks three at a time , Elliot sat on his grannies lap with his hands over his ears the whole time, Binnie hid in the house and didn't come out at all, this appears to be the normal thing for her as I think she doesn't like fireworks.
Harvey seemed to take it all in his stride and enjoyed the whole thing.

I tried to get some pictures of the fireworks on my digital camera and failed hopelessly as they all came out as big white blobs, with the exception of the two pictures included on this page.
As we were letting the fireworks off, two thoughts went throught my mind, one was when the rockets went off and that was " I hope that doesn't hit the car when whatever is left comes back down" and the other was "That somehow doesn't seem like good value for money!"

I guess that it is near impossible to get your money back on a disappointing rocket!! Anyway hereare the only pictures I managed to get of one of the rockets exploding, and its not that bad!

Digital is OK for ease of posting on the web, but FILM STILL ROCKS!!!!

Keep watching this space....... Andy