Apologies for last month's incorrect link in the Link up thingy on Hawthorn's page!
Here goes!
1 Notice - seen earlier this year on a new walk Beloved discovered, not far from where we live.
This was intriguing. No idea who she was but she does sound like a character!
2 Spotted - as in Spotted Flycatcher.
We used to see them at our old house (about 800 steps away) but I've yet to see one here.
I agree it is not very spotty but it was a very bright day when I took this photo.
3 Starts with K
Years ago (gosh over 20 years ago....) I used to knit almost continuously; my favourite yarn being mohair. Luckily for me I did not have a problem knitting it or wearing it. The only 'problem' was Beloved finding fibres in his food so I had to stop wearing mohair knits at home! I've given most of these mohair knits away but I still have a few that I wear very occasionally!
I also went to a lot of trouble lining each one!
Very pleased I could find complementary buttons!
4 Cobweb
Rather than take a picture of one inside the house I opted to find one outside! In January this year we woke up to find a slight frost has appeared overnight and all the cobwebs were easy to see.
There were so many.....
5 Step
Now my original thoughts for this word have not materialised (I had at least 3 planned) so I had to go to plan D.
Several years ago I bought myself a Fitbit One. I still have it and love it. It does help
me be more active. Anyway, on 12 May 2017 when I was home alone and the
weather was dry and sunny I decided to do lots of walks, radiating out from
our house. I had planned to do 25,000 steps but I got carried away!
If I'd paid attention I could have walked 35,000 steps but never mind.
It was good fun but sadly my knee will not let me do this again!
6 Own choice
It looks like we will not be having any ducklings this year but instead we've had an adult male woodpecker feeding 2 juvenile ones.
What a joy it has been to watch them. Note the newly exposed wood on the bird house!
One juvenile was trying out its pecking skills while dad brought it some food!
Click here to see a video clip I managed to take.
A few days ago we were about to go out when I spotted a juvenille woodpecker sitting in a
puddle at the front of the house. Beloved picked it up (it did not struggle) and put it on a dry seat.
When we got home (at least 2 hours later) it was still there. I suggested that he
pick it up and put it inside the bird house. As he picked it up, it started to protest
most loudly. When Beloved put it inside the bird house it flew off into the distance!
Hopefully it is still going strong.
Just another nature note to end on... no chance to take a photo but I'd like to share it
with you. On the edge of our decking I spotted a small rabbit (so cute) trying
to stand on its hind legs to reach the seed head of a grass stalk. It had to
really stretch and then suddenly it lost its balance and fell off the
decking... I had to laugh but it hopped off and has since returned.
Well that's all for this month. Next month's challenge will soon be upon us. Thanks once more to Hawthorn for organising the words. Click here to see who else is taking part.
Bye!
Hi - I could comment on all your pictures they are so good and the woodpecker video is lovely.
ReplyDeleteRosemary Parsons sounds as though she was a wonderful lady. I am in awe of all your steps as I can no longer do much. Well done. As for that fascinating jersey, that criss cross pattern looks fascinating. Must have taken a lot of concentration. x
So glad you liked my photos and that you could see the video. I too can no longer walk as far as I used to do but I keep trying! The knitted jacket was not too hard, well if I could do it, it must not have been hard!
DeleteLovely photos & the birds are great, but the story of the rabbit certainly made me laugh. Animals can be so amusing. I've been trying to buy a simple step counting device, but can only get something that needs to be attached to an App & I don't have anything like that. Hmmm! Thanks for sharing & take care.
ReplyDeleteLittle bunny is making everyone laugh.... I used to have a simple step counter but can't remember what it is called! Once I got a step counter I realised how few steps I was taking.... I'm off out to enjoy the sunshine before the rains return!
DeleteLove the notice, 'Our Rosey' sounds like she was quite a character, whoever she was. My favourite story though just has to be the little bunny - I can well imagine it and it must have looked so cute :)
ReplyDeleteI'm still smiling about the little bunny!
DeleteSuper photos, I wonder who Rosey was? She was obviously a well loved person in her community. I had to smile at your stories of the young woodpecker and the little rabbit. Glad both were fine. Great to spot the spotted flycatcher and you've taken a lovely photo of it:)
ReplyDeleteThe spotted flycatchers were rarely still! So I don't really have a better photo. One day perhaps. A little rabbit has been back in the garden but it appears to be slightly bigger!
DeleteI'm envious of you as I've yet to see a Spotted Flycatcher this year. We have a beck at the bottom of our garden so I live in hope. I do realise how lucky we are with wildlife in our garden; long may it continue!
ReplyDeleteOur Rosey sounds like the most wonderful lady.
ReplyDeleteThe woodpeckers are so lovely, what a treat to see them. I spotted one on our feeder last week but sadly he hasn't been back again.
A lovely choice of pictures.
Thanks Julie for your comment. A single juvenile woodpecker visits several times a day now; getting independent and growing up! I still think we are so lucky with the wildlife in our garden; such a treat.
DeleteThe woodpeckers are so cute - we saw one for the first time when we visited the Lake District last month - you take great photos - thank you for sharing them with us - the whole set are just great :)
ReplyDeleteHow kind of you Fil to like all my photos! It is such a treat to share snippets of my life. Can't wait for July's words to appear and then I will have to get my little grey cell working again!
DeleteGreat photos! That sweater, it's gorgeous. I love the web, too bad the spider wasn't there! Wow on your steps, I've never gotten that high... yet. I love seeing the woodpecker feeding the little one.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. Sorry about the late delay but I've not checked for weeks!
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