Away with the birdies – 4 June 2015

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I couldn’t sleep this morning so got up to see Scamp off to work, read for a while, finished off a painting and settled down to wait for the gas man to come to service the boiler.  You can’t say I don’t lead a busy and active life.  What I don’t do is turn on the TV as soon as I get up.  I don’t know if I’ve ever turned on TV in the morning unless it was to watch the (few) live Formula one Grands Prix on a Sunday morning – that’s different though.  I did get a chance to watch the birds teaching their young to feed and that was a laugh.  Didn’t even have to go far, just watched them from the kitchen window.

In the afternoon after the gas man had been and gone, I went in to Stirling by myself so I could window shop without interruption.  Wasn’t really looking for anything in particular, just browsing.  I knew I had some shots in the bag for today’s POD, so the pressure was off.  Just as well, as I didn’t see anything that caught my eye.  It was surprisingly warm and almost dry.  I think that was the extent of my exciting day.  Some days are like that now.  Being retired can be such hard work 😉

These young sparrows are learning the secret of hacking into peanuts
These young sparrows are learning the secret of hacking into peanuts
I know these sparrows are hungry, but this one seems intent on getting that whole peanut into it's beak. Perhaps it was watching the pigeons earlier when they hoovered up almost a whole bag of peanuts. 365/155
I know these sparrows are hungry, but this one seems intent on getting that whole peanut into it’s beak. Perhaps it was watching the pigeons earlier when they hoovered up almost a whole bag of peanuts.
365/155
Too late, too late. All the peanuts have gone my friend! Come again tomorrow for more.
Too late, too late. All the peanuts have gone my friend! Come again tomorrow for more.

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