Sunday, 10 January 2021
Thursday, 7 January 2021
Ready for Winter, Preparing for Spring
Winter can be trial for humans and wildlife. For the birds I have bought three coconuts filled with suet, insects and mealworms:
After a night of freezing temperatures, rain and then light snow the footpaths and untreated lanes were a skating rink as Penny found out when she did her impersonation of Bambi on the frozen lake. I was safe as I had dug out the old pair of shoes I keep fitted with ice spikes:
It won't be too long before birds start investigating nesting places. This year I am trying out a WoodStone nestbox:
Although I knew it was made with a mixture of concrete and wood (sawdust?) it is a lot heavier than I expected. A good job it comes complete with a hefty screw in hook to hang it on.
After a night of freezing temperatures, rain and then light snow the footpaths and untreated lanes were a skating rink as Penny found out when she did her impersonation of Bambi on the frozen lake. I was safe as I had dug out the old pair of shoes I keep fitted with ice spikes:
It won't be too long before birds start investigating nesting places. This year I am trying out a WoodStone nestbox:
Although I knew it was made with a mixture of concrete and wood (sawdust?) it is a lot heavier than I expected. A good job it comes complete with a hefty screw in hook to hang it on.
Monday, 4 January 2021
Exhausted
It really is exhausting being sprawled out on the back seat of the car all the way to the vets and back again. A girl needs to relax and recover.
We had been for the one hour booked slot at the vets for Penny to have her blood pressure checked. Last time she got too wound up for them to obtain an accurate reading. This longer slot was to give her time to calm down. As it happened she had a different vet and was as 'good as gold'. All done in less than a quarter of an hour. Her BP is still a little raised but much better than it was before she started her medication. The next check-up will be towards the end of the month.
We had been for the one hour booked slot at the vets for Penny to have her blood pressure checked. Last time she got too wound up for them to obtain an accurate reading. This longer slot was to give her time to calm down. As it happened she had a different vet and was as 'good as gold'. All done in less than a quarter of an hour. Her BP is still a little raised but much better than it was before she started her medication. The next check-up will be towards the end of the month.
Saturday, 2 January 2021
Thursday, 31 December 2020
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Nearly a Waste of Time
Yesterday Penny made another visit to see her vet to have her blood pressure checked. That failed as she wouldn't calm down enough to get an accurate reading. Try again next week with a longer visit to give her time to settle. I wasn't in the best of moods when we left but that soon changed when I spotted one of the brightest rainbows I have ever seen. Much brighter than the iPod captured it but still looks pretty good. On the second clip you might just be able to make out a second rainbow to the right of the main one.
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Peek-a-boo
Nothing much of note yesterday so I took a photo with my iPhone of the Moon trying to shine through thin cloud and a tree.
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