At 9.30. last night I stepped out onto the terrace. The day was dimming but lit by the golden glow of the almost-full moon.
A large shape swept silently past and landed on the recently-erected bird feeder.
An owl stared at me for a minute or so then took off into the night again.
We had thought the surroundings would be suitable but, so far, had not heard an owl hoot. Still haven't...but now I've seen him up close and personal - what a thrill.
Monday, 28 May 2018
Sunday, 27 May 2018
Walky 'round the garden!
Technogrief partly sorted out - let's see if this works...
Yay! A "new" way (set up when the old way stopped working) now itself stopped working to upload/download my photos - but the "old" way is o.k....go figure! No worry, at last I've been able to share with you a little "walky 'round the garden"!
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| Part of a small primary school opposite us with flags growing in the ditch we have to cross to get onto the driveway! |
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| The moles are back! |
Yay! A "new" way (set up when the old way stopped working) now itself stopped working to upload/download my photos - but the "old" way is o.k....go figure! No worry, at last I've been able to share with you a little "walky 'round the garden"!
Technogrief...and update
I've taken a few photos ready for an update here...but technogrief strikes again and I am unable to upload from my camera. Access to other parts of my computer have also proved to be impossible. So here is just a "naked"update...
Each day we achieve more and the bungalow is looking quite homely although we still have some boxes to unpack - mostly books and we think even more of them will have to be taken to charity shops as we had built up a considerable collection. But we have moved from a spacious house with plenty of wall space for shelves and will also have to find somewhere else for our many framed photos and paintings. Still books in English will no longer be difficult - there are many charity shops in Dereham, also a library and, I'm told, a mobile library visits the village.
The day of the move-in was a very hot one but the house-movers worked on cheerfully as too did family and friends and the bungalow, garage and sheds soon became box city - again. It has taken a while to get everything sorted and there are still diverse missing items!
We haven't been able to get all the furniture where we would like it but have squeezed it in somewhere somehow. But it is all manageable.
The main bonus here is the beautiful garden which is secluded, surrounded by trees (maybe we won't be quite as enthusiastic come Autumn!) and filled with birdsong. In the garden and above it so far we have identified blackbirds, chaffinches, blue tits, sparrows, collared doves, wrens, a jay, jackdaws, rooks, starlings, house-martins, a buzzard and, to entertain us, a family of squirrels; on the pond over the fence at the bottom of the garden coots and a rabbit alongside the far bank. We have also seen bats in the late evening. There are also many flowering shrubs and the whole surroundings are very pretty. I hadn't realised just how much I missed a garden until I felt very emotional the first few times I sat in it.
Here's hoping the technogrief is short-lived!!
Each day we achieve more and the bungalow is looking quite homely although we still have some boxes to unpack - mostly books and we think even more of them will have to be taken to charity shops as we had built up a considerable collection. But we have moved from a spacious house with plenty of wall space for shelves and will also have to find somewhere else for our many framed photos and paintings. Still books in English will no longer be difficult - there are many charity shops in Dereham, also a library and, I'm told, a mobile library visits the village.
The day of the move-in was a very hot one but the house-movers worked on cheerfully as too did family and friends and the bungalow, garage and sheds soon became box city - again. It has taken a while to get everything sorted and there are still diverse missing items!
We haven't been able to get all the furniture where we would like it but have squeezed it in somewhere somehow. But it is all manageable.
The main bonus here is the beautiful garden which is secluded, surrounded by trees (maybe we won't be quite as enthusiastic come Autumn!) and filled with birdsong. In the garden and above it so far we have identified blackbirds, chaffinches, blue tits, sparrows, collared doves, wrens, a jay, jackdaws, rooks, starlings, house-martins, a buzzard and, to entertain us, a family of squirrels; on the pond over the fence at the bottom of the garden coots and a rabbit alongside the far bank. We have also seen bats in the late evening. There are also many flowering shrubs and the whole surroundings are very pretty. I hadn't realised just how much I missed a garden until I felt very emotional the first few times I sat in it.
Here's hoping the technogrief is short-lived!!
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