I have looked and looked and I think it is a greenfinch. Apparently the colours vary according to the age of the bird and the time of year but in my bird book, it was the only one I could find with the yellow flash along the wing.
Well, here we are. Send for a bugle, it’s the Last Post. Couldn’t decide which image to use, so some friends (you know who you are!) suggested this and very […]
It has been a difficult week. On 28th December 2010, one of my younger son’s friends passed away unexpectedly aged 24. As you can imagine my son and his friends […]
This is a photograph of my automata. I have been collecting them for years from places such as the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and Dansel Gallery in Dorset. They are made […]
A sure remedy for the post-festivity, rubbish weather, January blues. The dose to be adjusted to personal taste and accompanied by a really good movie and a warm dog. Worked […]
When I first started to bind books, I bought leather pieces from Falkiners (now Shepherds) – my favourite place for bookbinding supplies. More recently, I discovered that Pittards in Yeovil, […]
I wish that this blog had sound effects, you would be able to hear Milo snoring loudly. His legs keep twitching – he must be dreaming. Let sleeping dogs lie…
Neat! So the bird on the left is the blue tit, but what is the bird on the right? Inquiring birders want to know!
I have looked and looked and I think it is a greenfinch. Apparently the colours vary according to the age of the bird and the time of year but in my bird book, it was the only one I could find with the yellow flash along the wing.
They’re such cuties!
So sweet, I’m trying to catch the robin on there but I think they are put off by Milo…