
Early Mothers Day Boquet

Today’s view is actually inside the conservatory.
I was first drawn to the frantic buzzing of what I thought may be a hornet. Thankfully it turned out to be the sound of this beautiful creature trying to beat it’s way through the glazing of our conservatory roof. I really didn’t want to rile a hornet that wouldn’t know that I was trying to help it.
So, using a stiff piece of paper, I tried to guide this creature outside.
After much dodging and darting about, he settled on the floor …..
More dodging and darting and he was, frustratingly, back up by the glass ….
Clearly, my bit of paper wasn’t up to the job in hand.
A change of tactic and I tried to use a big floppy yellow dust mop. In my mind it would look like a flower and after a couple of false starts I succeeded in carrying the dragonfly outside. At which point he took off and was last seen flying in a southerly direction.
I dread to think what my neighbours might have thought, of my gyrations in the utility area, waving a bright yellow mop in the air !!!
Spiders body covered in baby spiders
Footballer Callum Hudson-Odoi, a serial offender, gets off lightly.
Hudson-Odoi, who had three points on his licence from a previous speeding matter, was clocked driving at 90mph on a 50mph restricted road at 9.47am.
His excuses are pathetic and would not have be accepted from any other member of the public.
These high profile football stars should be setting good examples. That does not include sticking two fingers up at the law.
The leniency he has received from magistrate Gilles Casse is unfair and unreasonable.
Hudson-Odoi should have received a driving ban.
Just a few of the blooms we are enjoying during this fine weather.
The squirrels are getting bolder. I was about 5 feet from this one. Normally they would bolt if I was that close. But, this one is just wary. Waiting for me to make my next move.
And here we have it, the results of about twenty hours work.
This is the first time, that either my friend or I have done this type of fencing
We are both really quite pleased with the results.
However, I hope I never have to bang in another nail for a long, long, time. Each featherboard has three nails and there are over a hundred of them.
I now have aches and pains in my back, arms, elbows, knees, hands and fingers.
It was definitely worth the effort and, I think, by doing it ourselves we have saved around fifty percent of the commercial charges.
Well actually it’s more like “Noises Off” as that is what alerted me to the nocturnal shenanigans going on on my garden this evening.
It is amazing just how much noise these little critters make whilst courting.
It’s likely these are the squatters, residing under my shed.