A relativley sunny day yesterday (with one hail shower at tea time) meant I started work on the garden for the year, helped of course by all three hens.
Whilst clearing out the log pile and in the process blocking one of Malu's escape routes to the front garden (more on that later) I discovered the first seven-spot ladybirds, warming themselves in the weak sun.
The local magpies are beginning to nest already (see photo above).
Malu returned home after an evening explorin', with a pink, twitchy right eye again. Malu seems to get fur or twigs behind his eye rather a lot - but I think this episode is because he forced his way through a blocked (with honesuckle twigs) escape route for him, in the dark. I think he just got poked in the eye by one of the twigs. I'll keep an eye on it.
I also think we've had bird activity in our swift nest space - probably sparrows, but I'll keep an eye on that too.
spring arrives one twig at a time....
ReplyDeleteToo true Al!
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