...... that the blue sky and sunshine wouldn't last! I got up this morning and looked out of the window to find it was grey, wet, miserable. I decided that I really didn't want to go out for a walk. Now, I could have got dressed as usual, then gone through to the fitness room (aka the spare bedroom!) and used the implements of torture machines to work on my fitness
However, I got back into bed and snuggled down under the comforter, to spend a lazy half hour listening to the radio. Malcolm caught my lazyitis and stayed in bed too, instead of having his usual session on the torture machines!
When I was in the kitchen after breakfast, I looked out the front door (through the glass, I didn't actually open the door, it was so miserable) and saw the horses across the road standing in a line, with their tail-ends to the wind, looking thoroughly fed up with the weather
After lunch, I filled the bird feeders, and sat down to patiently wait for the birds to appear, which they soon did. We are in the middle of sorting out the garden where it was dug up for the new drains. Malcolm placed this planter near the feeders, and the birds are landing on it and having a look round before they use the feeders
This is a very young robin - you can see his red breast just starting to appear. He was so cute, I took rather a lot of photos of him!
Every so often, the birds would all fly off, so while I waited for them to return, I took photos of various things both in the room, and outside in the garden
I gave Malcolm this Beanie Baby, called Rainbow, years ago
a tassell hanging from a key
buds which will open out .......
into beautiful roses
Soon, more birds arrived
a blue tit
a young sparrow
a male chaffinch
a female chaffinch
And finally, my patience was rewarded, when a rare visitor to the garden appeared - a greenfinch
I didn't get any sewing done this afternoon, as I had to do my least favourite domestic chore .... the ironing! However, this evening I will continue sewing the sections of the shawl together and make a start on attaching the miles of edging!