Thursday, July 15, 2010

Life in the slow lane....

Not a good week weatherwise although the garden and all the lochs really needed the rain after a prolonged dry spell. In the garden the winter pansies are just about coming to an end in the tubs after being lovingly planted last November and then suddenly rudely submerged under a foot of snow for two months. They are being monitored very closely under the watchful eyes of our two 'loch ness monsters'.
The green and yellow siskins have had a second hatch of very noisy young and there is often a swarm of about 30 - 40 of them on the driveway presumably trying to find insects amongst the pebbles. The juvenile great spotted woodpeckers are still feeding fleetingly on the suet balls and the red squirrels are frequent visitors to the nut feeders and sunflower heart roundabout and can be very entertaining to watch.

The roe deer make a guest appearance every now and again to kindly mow the lawn on the front bank for us. Life is never dull.

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