Sunday

Forced myself to do some stuff this morning, it was a real effort though, feeling fed up with the weather, completely grey and cold here again, spoke to my ex on the phone and it was gorgeous 40 miles away, which didn't help. The sun did break through a couple of times though, and I decided to clear the old patio area round the side of the place now that I shall get some sunshine there this summer. Moved all the crap away, shovelled mud, swept, and cleaned my patio table and two chairs which had been in the shed since last summer. Then the sun went in!

Had some lunch, and took Emma for a local walk, I just couldn't be bothered to get the car out of the garage, so thought I'd go on a walk which I used to enjoy a few years back - it's a public footpath just down the other end of the village, which goes across farmland alongside the river. Well it used to be great because the farm was derelict, but when some people bought it they started using the fields naturally, and me and cows are a no-no, so I used to give it a wide berth. Last time I went down there was last summer, no cows, but two bloody great pigs, I near pooed myself, they're a gi-normous, and I didn't notice the electric fence round their pen, and I moved out of that field very quickly. This time, I was prepared! Anyway, lucky day, no cows again so had a nice walk. Loads of bluebells still out along the shady pathway before you reach the stile into the field, along with wood anemones. Loads of buttercups in the meadow too, looks like the cows haven't been in there for a while, I saw them over nearer the farm, but without access to the field I was in luckily! Spotted two rabbits before one of them spotted me.....

Came home, cut the grass, put the guinea pigs out, cleaned them and Chippy out, and took some birdy photos. My Bouncer the Robin is being a little bugger and won't come to my hand. He is desperate for the mealworms (*puke*) but he just will not take them from my hand, and will fly off rather than come the extra three feet needed. Still, bless him, that's quite close I suppose, so I give in and put them down on the table for him. Although it turns my stomach, it's interesting to watch him grab them in exactly the right place, and bash them on the table, and it appears to kill them. (*puke* again) Also spotted my first baby birds - have three stripey Greenfinches around, and there's some Rook babies up in the trees making a racket.