On the way back home I called in the garden centre to see whether they had a large Niger seed feeder and against expectations they did so I bought one and stocked up with bird food. There - two items off the Round Tuit list in the space of an hour - whatever next?
By the time I got back home it was time for Bobby to take me for my afternoon constitutional so we nipped down the lane to the cricket field. There were quite a few Southern Hawker Dragonflies flitting around the hedges. Every now and then one would rest. The only camera I had with me was the one in my mobile phone so I tried for a couple of shots. The phone has a wide angle lens so to get a reasonable picture of something like a dragon it needs to be very close. One dragon was obliging and let me get the camera within a few inches.
After a quick cuppa I set about modifying, testing and fitting the car aerial to the greenhouse door.
Top to bottom - door closed, on its way opening, fully open, some uPVC to keep the worst of the rain away from the cables.
While I was in the garden centre I spotted a small ceramic bowl that looked just the job for putting hedgehog food in. I wondered how long it would take for a hog to use it. Not long at all!
When I think of it - that makes three Round Tuits in one day as I have been meaning to buy a bowl for the hedgehogs for ages. No wonder I slept like a baby last night - exhausted!!
All this is commendable, but poses two questions what are doing today and what am I to do now you've made me guilty? Laundry and seal the shower tray, that should do.
ReplyDeleteGreat post John...and I bet you did sleep well. Have a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteUtterly ingenious, your use of the electric car aerial for the greenhouse.
ReplyDeleteLovely dragonfly with the mobile too!
ReplyDeleteWow! I know I've said this before but that mobile takes some cracking good photos John! The dragon was very obliging too.
ReplyDeleteYou had a very productive day one way and another especially concerning Round Tuits, :) I still think you could market the greenhouse door thingy!
Lovely hog video!
Don't know why the small jobs usually take so long to get done! The new aerial looks well-placed. Hope it works well for a long time to come!
ReplyDeleteBusy day John.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very ingenious 'door opener'. How I wish I had a few handyman skills like that. lol
That is a cracking shot of the dragon from a mobile phone. Think I'll ditch my camera stuff and get a phone instead ;)
Hi Adrian. Today? As little as possible. Would recommend that to anybody :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Crista. Had a relaxing day anyway.
ReplyDeleteThank you Emma. I bought that particular phone for its camera though it is difficult to see what it is actually looking at so it ends up as a guess and hope.
ReplyDeleteHi Jan. The phone occasionally takes a good shot if I can get close enough. Yes, the dragon was very obliging. I didn't expect it to let me get so close.
ReplyDeleteThank you Keith. 3 M pixels doesn't exactly match up to 15 M pixels but it can give surprising results sometimes. Don't bin the DSLR yet! Imagine having to get within a few inches of everything you want to capture :)
ReplyDeleteI agree Mick. Most half hour jobs seem to take at least half a day. If I don't get a job finished the day I start then it can be weeks before I get Round Tuit.
ReplyDeleteGosh John - you have been busy! That's a mighty impressive mobile phone picture!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a productive and, mostly, enjoyable day - lunch, a meeting with a friend, a traffic jam, shopping, filming, photography, walking and three Round Tuits - you're putting me to shame. No wonder you slept the sleep of the Gods:D
Hi Tricia. The mobile does occasionally surprise me with a good photo. The main problem is that in bright light I cannot see the LCD screen so I have to guess what it is pointing at.
ReplyDeleteI even slept part of the afternoon and evening yesterday - old age creeping up and giving time for the Round Tuit pile to build up again :)
you managed to do a lot, John.
ReplyDeleteI could do with just a small % of your energy.
And great mobile photo of the Dragon. Living in a very quiet mobile blackspot, I have no idea about mobile capabilities. But this impressed me a lot!
An exceptional day Yoke. It's not always like that.
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