30-04-2021, 08:40 AM
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Re: Good Morning Friday.
Originally Posted by Zaphod
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@ Barry & Macy ......... cuckoos? Lovely stuff and something I've not heard for a while here, sadly.
Mrs Zaphod did see the pair of buzzards yesterday she tells me, which could well be why.
Luckily we normally hear a few around here Robbie, being pretty much surrounded by woodland and close to Sherwood Forest, but to hear one when we were parked in town at the vet's, adjacent to both a major junction and a railway line astounded us! By the way, we have plenty of buzzards around here too, but it doesn't seem to deter the cuckoos.
30-04-2021, 08:59 AM
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Re: Good Morning Friday.
Originally Posted by Barry
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Luckily we normally hear a few around here Robbie, being pretty much surrounded by woodland and close to Sherwood Forest, but to hear one when we were parked in town at the vet's, adjacent to both a major junction and a railway line astounded us! By the way, we have plenty of buzzards around here too, but it doesn't seem to deter the cuckoos.
I lived in/near Mansfield in my mid teens through to my early 20's and had friends in Ollerton, Edwinstowe, Rainworth, Warsop etc. ; there were quite a few of us that learned our real driving skills where the Clumber Rally used to be held.
The buzzard comment was intended to be more tongue-in-cheek (there's a huge variety of opportunities for a meal for a buzzard available in Lincolnshire's fields alone), but we do have various smaller birds of prey here that target smaller birds.
Last year we saw either a kestrel or a sparrowhawk (I'm not sure which) take out a sparrow in our garden and then sit under a tree with it!
30-04-2021, 09:08 AM
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Morning all brr its cold ...Waitrose will be arriving soon with lots of goodies
it will take half the morning to put them away but I don't feel the need for such strict sanitisation now.I love artichoke hearts and am going to try their chargrilled artichokes with some pasta/ lemon /and garlic and parsley from the garden for my lunch
.I had a lovely walk with the twins (just 4) yesterday, one is quiet, shy and a deep thinker the other scarily bright and confident
It is lovely to spend time with them again.
30-04-2021, 09:20 AM
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Morning everyone - gosh I feel so late today! I was at the allotment until 9pm - gardening makes me so happy I don't want to stop, heh! Broken nights sleep too, so that didn't help. Its a beautiful day sunny day today, so all is well. Hope everyone has a lovely day
30-04-2021, 09:38 AM
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Good morning all a sunny start to the day, we still have that chilly nip in the air though.The delivery I was expecting from Amazon didn’t turn up yesterday so I hoping it will arrive today. It rather annoying when you are given a date of arrival and nothing comes
A few jobs to catch up on today and hopefully a potter in the garden later.
Enjoy your day folks
30-04-2021, 10:20 AM
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Re: Good Morning Friday.
Good morning all.A beautiful sunny start which has soon got rid of last night's frost.
Dogs been out, washing out on the line, and the second wash just finished.
I am experimenting planting some Ginger today. After that, more seedlings to prick out and then houseplant cuttings to get on with.
Have fun.
30-04-2021, 02:08 PM
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@ Barry & Macy ......... cuckoos? Lovely stuff and something I've not heard for a while here, sadly.Mrs Zaphod did see the pair of buzzards yesterday she tells me, which could well be why.
So great morning walkies, heard the cuckoo, saw a dipper along the river, saw a tree creeper a few feet away and stood and listened to a grasshopper warbler, all within half a mile
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