In The Pink

Regular visitors to this blog may remember me mention this fella, our one footed Starling. Actually that is a little inaccurate, he has two feet but one of them is completely redundant. I saw him first last spring and was not too hopeful for his chances of long term survival however throughout the last year he has made repeat appearances and seems to be doing very well. I remember at first seeing him really struggle to balance and there were some areas of the garden he did not venture for example our fruit trees as he could not get a good foot hold and balance long enough to feed there. However, he seems to have re-adjusted his balance and footing and is now capable of anything. I see him on all of the feeders and last week caught him calling for a mate on our fence post. This post is very popular with the birds, the Chaffinch picks a peanut off the bird table and comes and eats it on this post. The Blackbird sits here and keeps a watchful eye while his partner feeds at dawn and dusk, ...

Please, please, please take a few moments to watch this, if I had filmed this it would be my finest sky watch ever! It is awesome and stirring.

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I am absolutely delighted to welcome my very good friend from Greece to blogging at Zabie's Blog ! It will be a brilliant way to keep up with each others lives, in addition to the book like letters we write to each other every once in a while....although I think my return letter is a little overdue! Zabie has more artistic talents than I can list in addition to being a fabulous Mum. Definitely a good blog to keep an eye on!

Well Sunday morning has dawned to reveal my garden covered in a blanket of snow! It tried all day yesterday but the sun came out at regular intervals and melted it all. Today it looks more determined! I woke up early and am eager to get down more details of my trip to Scotland. I had an odd day yesterday. I had planned to catch upon blogging but instead spent the whole day battling a virus that suddenly started taking over my PC. By late yesterday afternoon it had practically ceased all normal operations. Thankfully after a few more hours I managed to get it to perform a system restore without crashing and the problem seems to be fixed, much to my relief. I am quite surprised about how distressed I became over the whole event but my PC is my connection to a large part of my life. I know lots of you will understand. So, Scotland! Well firstly now that I am back I can divulge just where I have been although Ben Nevis is a bit of a give away! I have been surveying trees in the Highlands a...

Well, I'm back... this is a harder post to write than I imagined so, I am going to give it in brief with supporting photos. Needless to say, awesome trip, fabulous weather (with a small facial suntan...in Scotland...in Winter!!!) beautiful scenery and sore feet! That's it for now except to say my wireless connection did not work out and as such I was unable to blog while in Scotland. You have been missed! This is Ben Nevis. I spent two days surveying trees beneath her watchful gaze. I have been to the top which at 1344m is the highest mountain in Britain. It was an awesome day, both that time and this visit.

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This song has been with me all day. A guy called Richard 71A made the video, it's awesome.

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I had a blast posting on my blog in February and probably posted the most posts ever in one month....and the shortest month too! I knew March was going to be different as there are, temporarily, increased demands on our time but I am missing it a little! I do however have wireless at my self catering accommodation next week and I am looking forward to posting while in the Highlands, only one more day to go!

In Memory of the great Jeff Healey who died on Sunday aged 41.

Don't be worried by the title, that's not 'on my last legs'! I was going to call this post 'The Final Countdown' but I can't stand that song and it just didn't seem right to put that at the top of the post and therefore set off the song in my head every time I saw it. I also don't want to pass the song onto anyone else that shares my feelings for it! (Apologies to anyone who likes it!) So 7 days until my departure to Scotland and I am drawing up my final to do list for the trip and buying in the last of the supplies I may need. Here's my planned itinerary: Day 1 (Saturday 8th March): Take the train to Scotland, pick up the hire car and make my way to my accommodation 'station 1' B & B. That's the day done, it's a long journey from here! Day 2: Commence reconnaissance of route for survey to get a heads up. Make for the north coast to hopefully witness the aurora borealis. Day 3: Commence work following client induction. At the ...