Evening all: Happy New Week.
Good day here; only two oranges left on the tree and just can't reach them - oh well. Two large containers of fresh OJ in the fridge and another one for daughter tomorrow along with a bag of oranges for her friend. Also gave one to the young family next door - and that's it for this year! Yay!
Diane: I told my sister about the challenges of my orange tree and she said that picking oranges didn't constitute a problem in her book. :-)Geez. Please do whatever it takes to deter those yellow jackets! That's not good - you don't want to develop an allergy to their stings. Hope the new freelance project is lucrative.
Lindybird: Keep doing what you're doing re the cold. Funny - someone posted on our local community website today that they and their whole family had come down with a horrible summer cold and they got all kinds of responses saying "same at our house" so it's an international bug!
OG: More noise this morning (an electric saw - eeek!) from the property up the road and a birthday party next door this afternoon; hence final afternoon on the orange tree. Long ladder now tucked up for this year - except we'll have to tidy up the Monterey Brush Cherry in the fall. We planted a bunch of them for privacy and they're just about to start dropping dark red berries that are really good if you want to have a splotchy carpet. On the other hand, the birds like them. In the meantime, I've moved the broom down that part of the walkway so it's close at hand.
Have a good Sunday everyone. :-)
Hi, Annette - thanks for starting the new thread. It's a windy day here but at least it's dry so far. Limpy and I nipped down to Abberton Reservoir last night - it was a beautiful evening and we saw loads of lapwings and geese flying over. We were hoping to spot the osprey - Limpy spotted a very large bird over the trees but it disappeared from sight before he could say for certain what it was. He's off to Minsmere for the day and asked me to say hello to everyone.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Does he take pictures whilst he's there, CLARE? Would be lovely to see some if he does
He does take pictures but he rarely posts them as it takes such an age. I need to get him to upload some of his recent stuff to Flickr as he has a link to his account in his signature.
Thanks, Lindy. He always has a good time up there and the staff take good care of him. He loves being a part of the team. It's a joy to see him going as he always comes back in a positive mood, even though he will also be in pain.
Lindybird said:Please save up a big {HUG} for him when he gets back, then Clare......