Bird Table News

Hi,
I seem to be over my computer problems.  But I must admit at one point I was longing for a fountain pen and an ink bottle.
I can remember the sound of pen touching the glass ink bottle as I was about to fill the pen with ink.  The quietness, no whirring computer sounds then. 
Unscrewing the [...]

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This morning I did not have time to put bird food out early in the morning.
I’ve had a bad back and my knees have started hurting (Ohhhh dear).   Have been to see a chiropracter  (is that how you spell it?) who has given me advice and exercises to do.
I decided to try swimming to see [...]

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Have been out early putting food out for the garden birds.  This morning there is a soft drizzle of rain.  During the night the rain has been more severe but this morning there is a freshness to the day.
I’ve mixed together some currants, grated cheese, grated carrot, half a cut up peeled apple, quaker oats. [...]

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This morning I found a new born chick dead on the garden path. 
We call a new born chick a  ‘golly’  This chick had no feathers and would be totally dependent on it’s parents.   There is no way it could have got out of the nest itself.  There wasn’t a nest nearby. 
This newly born chick had had it’s life taken [...]

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 When I was feeding the garden birds the dog was always at my side.  I took her for granted.  Feed her and take her for a walk.  Part of the daily routine.  She had to be put down last month as she was in so much pain.
We miss her.  I miss her at my side when [...]

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I have just realised that this month I will have been blogging for one year.
The First Anniversary of Bird Table News  will soon be here.
I will look back to the first post I ever wrote and pressed the PUBLISH button for.  I’ll see how things have changed and what I have seen and who I have [...]

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