Showing posts with label pigeons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pigeons. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 May 2015

Another encore

It's happened again ...
Every year I decide to chop down the ceanothus in the
front garden which has flopped to one side and now
makes it difficult to mow underneath ...


... and every year it goes and does this ...
The picture really doesn't do it justice ...
It is the most intense, eye-watering blue and the bees
adore it. They swarm all over it, working busily - everywhere you look there are bees 
and more bees - from a short distance away where you can't see them, you can
hear the humming sound they make.
A happy bee chorus? 
Or a less scary version of the Singing Ringing Tree?
Whatever.
It has once again got a reprieve - how could I ever have
thought of getting rid of it, even if I had planned to replace it with
another, better trained one.
It is simply glorious and I'm loving it. 


After a couple of days of glorious weather - yesterday was positively hot
work on the allotment - today we have been promised rain all day.
I'm quite pleased as I have lots of indoor stuff to get on with - such as working on the Your Dog gardening series - plus it will soften up the ground nicely - I still have another bed to dig over ready for the leeks. 
Archie and Angel are less thrilled.
Sunbathing by a radiator just isn't as good as the real thing.
Good thing doggy TV is switched on - rain never puts the pigeons off, so there's always something to watch in the garden outside whilst staying warm and dry indoors.

Friday, 18 April 2014

Chilling in the garden















Chilling in the garden - or sunbathing, rather than chilling. 
This is what it's all about as far as Archie and Angel are concerned.
Yes, they enjoy sniffing around and playing games out in the garden, but now that we are finally enjoying a spell of warmer weather the beanbags are moved outdoors for them. 




While I'm toiling on tidying the flowerbeds, they love being able to soak up the sunshine out of doors where they can keep a watchful eye on the pigeons, leaping to their feet to chase them off when they get too close.





The butterflies, also using the sun-warmed slabs of patio as a sunbathing area, are however, beneath their attention and allowed to share! 




Wishing you all a peaceful and relaxing Easter, whether you are pottering in the garden or simply putting up your feet (or paws) and simply enjoying it!