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[Eddie]

Sick fish died. Ordered new equipment, so just need a firework up somebody backend now.

[Rosebush]

Anyone got green finch, visiting there feeders, not seen any for ages, but the last 2days, we have had a few come to feed.. 

[Meggie]

Well, it just had to happen. 

Our black chicken, crafty madam, has taken to standing on top of the hen-house and flying out of the enclosure.  We've not bothered too much about this until now, then realised that she wouldn't be able to get back inside (nothing outside to stand on) to lay her egg.........so she's been clipped !!

She's stood the other side of the fence, staring me out with her beady eyes and sulking.

Meggie

[Bette]

Thanks CLKD -  that's what I've been doing but was hoping to stop it reappearing so quickly - obviously just need to grit my teeth and keep at it!
Bixby x

[CLKD]

Oh Meggie    I think it's known as a gimlet eye 

[Meggie]

Oh Meggie    I think it's known as a gimlet eye 

OOoooh  EEeeerrr - didn't know that.

They say you learn something new every day.

She still won't go near Hubby (who tried to hang her upside down to open out her wings for the procedure).  Spaghetti will bring her round, I'm sure.
Meggie

[CLKD]

It's drizzling hard now, no chance of the washing drying outdoors.  Not cold.  Noisy with builders, chickens, wild birds, rain drops 

[Taz2]

I am trying to persuade my youngest son (who has a fear of wasps) that he only has to hang on a few more weeks and the wasps nest which is built in the loft space under his room (his room is over the garage) will be empty! He stays up all night on his computer skyping with friends and the light is attracting the young wasps up through the skirting boards. It is a very busy nest and I  have decided not to attempt to have a look in the little loft. There is one wasp a second going in at the minute - all of them carrying huge balls of greenfly or blackfly and one came droning in with a really large caterpillar - took two of them to get it in through the little gap. Fascinating.

Taz x

[CLKD]

the sky is gold, pink, blue, grey ........ best part of the day!

See I knew wasps did good, on another site they were saying to kill 'em 

[taxation]

I have to tell you my Frog story, I have two cats & the female brought a frog in, it was still alive & hopping mad, lol, so I rescued it & took it back to the garden only the cat (Lilly) followed me & brought it in again so yet again I took it out but this time to a different place, later that day I was in the garden & both my cats were sitting stalking some thing, yes it was that poor old frog & yes it was still alive, this time I picked it up & threw it next door only it landed on the top of the hedge, when I looked up there was a big black crow who scooped down picked up the frog & flew away with it I could almost see the frogs eyes roll in a here we go again sort of way, my cats just sat & looked in disbelief.
Not the frogs day to become a prince I guess.

Tax

[CLKD]

Did the frog not scream when picked up by the cat?   

[Taz2]

Poor frog!! My cats were always bringing them in. They never screamed though. They used to bring them in carrying them gingerly in their mouths and then spit them out and they would disappear under sofa, fridge etc only to emerge hours later covered in dust and cobwebs and other unmentionables. I love the way frogs play dead and then, when you have them laying on your hand, they suddenly spring into life. Lost one in the toilet like that once    but managed to retrieve it.

We had a toad that screamed every time the cat tried to get it.

Taz x

[CLKD]

I haven't seen our baby fishies for 2 days, think the larger ones ate them all up 

[CLKD]

There's an enormous green/black/yellow dragonfly above our pond RIGHT NOW 

[Trey]

Update on my bluebird babies (who left without a word on their first adventure out of the bird house).  They are back - all three - on a regular basis.  8:30 every morning.  The three have stayed together - I know it's them because they will land on the box and then fly down and hold on to the hole to the house and peek in and I can tell from their immature white spots on their beautiful blue backs.  I call them Mannie, Moe and Jack (after the 3 stooges I think - way before your time).  Anyhow, it's so fun that they still call this home.  We will be moving one mile away this October and I would give anything to have them come back to roost again.  Bluebirds often go to the same house every year.  I figure I may have to buy loads of bird seed (fruit and nuts only for them) and leave a mile long trail to our new home.  Of course I mean the adult pair, not the babes.