When I was sorting through my photos for today's post, I came across this one. I took it on holiday with my Kindle, which I was trying to set up to take photos of our meal, to email to Stuart and Alison. I don't usually take selfies - but I rather like this one!
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I used to have two lovely, delightful friends in Melbourne ......... Meredithe and Helen. But when they were recently at a quilt exhibition, they not only took lots of photos of nasty little beasties cats, they then arranged them in a collage to send to me. I have told them I may start speaking to them again in about a zillion years time!! (M & H, you know I love you, really!)
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I hope it really is an old wife's tale that lots of berries in the autumn means we are in for a hard winter, as our rowan tree is laden .......
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....... with pink berries, which the blackbirds love
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the climbing rose on the front of the house is still flowering
![P1280828 P1280828](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b7c8a57193970b-400wi)
and this clematis in the back garden is flowering for the second time
![P1280815 P1280815](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01bb09488b84970d-400wi)
this fuchsia has been flowering for weeks and weeks!
![P1280817 P1280817](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b8d22f362b970c-400wi)
after pottering round the garden with the camera, I had a stroll along the road. There are sheep in the field across the road
![P1330136 P1330136](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b7c8a571d2970b-400wi)
I think this one was saying "who are you looking at" in a picking a fight sort of way!
![P1330138 P1330138](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b8d22f3662970c-400wi)
a little further on, the donkeys were out in their field
![P1330142 P1330142](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b7c8a57201970b-400wi)
I was surprised they didn't have their coats on, as they seem to wear them for most of the year
![P1330143 P1330143](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01bb09488c07970d-400wi)
three of them stood nicely for the photos
![P1330144 P1330144](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b7c8a57265970b-400wi)
but this one just would not turn round!
![P1330149 P1330149](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b8d22f36ba970c-400wi)
the horse sharing their field just has such a superior air - look at me, I am sleek and handsome, unlike those shaggy donkeys!
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after spending the summer out in the hedgerows, the sparrows are back in the garden
![P1330157 P1330157](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01bb09488c41970d-400wi)
I didn't mind this one turning its back, as it means you can see the striking patterns on his feathers
![P1330159 P1330159](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01bb09488c4f970d-400wi)
these three were deep in conversation
![P1330161 P1330161](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b8d22f36f8970c-400wi)
while this one ignored them
![P1330163 P1330163](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b8d22f370e970c-400wi)
for every successful bird photo ........
![P1330165 P1330165](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b8d22f3724970c-400wi)
........ there are a lot like this
![P1330166 P1330166](https://frayedattheedge.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a010536bcc8ca970c01b7c8a572ed970b-400wi)
and like this, where the camera has focused on the metal bird, instead of the robin (yes, I am blaming the camera, not my photography skills!) (according to my spell check, both focused and focussed are acceptable spellings, but neither looks right)
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it's Friday, so that means cake! This afternoon, we shared a slice of banana bread, which was delicious
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we are visiting Stuart and Alison this weekend, going out for a belated dinner to celebrate our Anniversary ....... I even have a new dress to wear! I hope you have a good weekend, love Anne