Gardening day .....
7th
May 2016 (Saturday)
.... 08.30 We have a brisk Easterly
wind, and hazy sunshine, .....it isn’t
that cold, but it would be a really warm day if we didn’t have
the wind. However we do, and will have an East wind
for the next few days; anywhere, away
from the east wind is the place to be for decent temperatures; Ivy garden is one such place. And I’m going to be in it!
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| South Street Elie |
I’ve
just seen a Swift (Apus apus) flying over,....
Swifts are ‘birds of summer’, arriving in May and leaving in August. If the swifts are here, should I get
the sun bloc, and shorts out?
22.00 Although the East wind is an annoyance,
it has been a nice enough day, as long as you are ‘out of the aforementioned wind’. I went to Anstruther in the morning, then straight
along to Kilconquhar to a ‘wee’ coffee morning. The usual
venue for this Coffee Morning was
the Colinsburgh kirk hall, but ‘dampness’ problems means that Colinsburgh is no
longer practical. It seems a good
enough move, because there was a ‘full house’ at Kilconquhar this morning. Of course, all this gadding about meant
that, in spite of my good intentions, there was not much in the way of
gardening done in the morning.
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| Tulip |
When
I did get back to Ivy I got myself into ‘working togs, and mode’ and managed to get enough work done, before midday
to give me the satisfaction of being able to say to Jimmy, that I’d ‘worked
hard’ in the morning.
The
Blackbirds are feeding young now and both male and female are busy.... the
female answers to “Scrawny Bag”, which is the name I, regrettably, chose for
her. When I go out I’ll say “I’m here
Scrawny Bag” and sure as fate she turns up!
Now I wish I’d given her a decent name.... such as “Aphrodite” or
something. Mind you going out and
saying “I’m here Aphrodite” ... that disnae sound iggzactly right ... does it? Actually I think I prefer “Scrawny Bag!” The male is called “You Midden”. I’ll have to set up the camera to get some
photos ... there’s plenty birds about.
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| Tulip |
Tomorrow
I’m going to the kirk ... I need to go and get a pew leaflet so that I know when
the Coffee mornings etc are ‘on’; and, tomorrow
may be a ‘coffee after the service’ Sunday .... An opportune day for me to
claim back ‘my’ gallery!
Photographs
: Top – South Street, Elie, Middle and Bottom – Ivy tulips.
