I've Been Busy!

Bathroom before
& After!
They say while the mouse is away the cat will play so I thought we would have a new laminate floor in the bathroom as it has been fitted for nearly a year now and looked a real mess.
Sue found it a nice surprise on her return except she now has to decorate it and then I can fit the finishing trim and beading.
If the basin looks at an odd angle, it is because I used a fisheye lens to get more in the picture.

Dea & Amy's visit to Jersey

Emma & Mum (Denise)

Amy & Mum (Denise)
The 3 Girls together and it proves Emma still sticks her tongue out behind mums back! lol

(Posted with Emma's consent).

Nuthatch

This is our latest visitor to the garden feeders, a solitary nuthatch.

6 Years of birds at Trevethin

Isn't it amazing what a difference 6 years can make?

When we moved here just under 6 years ago we were lucky to see 3 different types of bird. We now have a garden bird list of 30 species.

We feed and water them all the year round and I am putting a picture on here of the feeders we use. Also I am putting a list of the birds and the most we have seen together at any one time.

21 House Sparrow
5 Greenfinch
8 Chaffinch
5 Starling
3 Blackbird
1 Wren
2 Magpie
2 Song Thrush
7 Great Tit
4 Blue Tit
2 Coal Tit
1 Sparrow Hawk
10 Goldfinch
5 Dunnock
1 Pied Wagtail
4 Brambling
3 Robin
2 Jackdaw
1 Crow
1 Rook
2 Blackcap
2 Jay
2 House Martin
2 Swallow
2 Bullfinch
7 Long tailed Tit
2 Siskin
3 Collard dove
2 Linnet
1 Nuthatch

We have seen many others around here including:- Green & Lesser spotted Woodpecker, Tawny Owl, Peregrine Falcon, Chiff Chaff, Goldcrest, Buzzard & Swift to name but a few.

September & summer (what summer)?

Well here we are at September the 1st and it seems spring has gone directly into autumn!

As to the allotment it is also a washout and it has been alot of hard work for very little return, (yet again). Last year was a very wet July and this year not only a wet August but also very cold. So far only 2 tomatoes in the greenhouse have ripened. We should have been picking and eating for at least the last 4 to 6 weeks. It is making us wonder if it is worth all the effort as we start 3 to 4 weeks behind anyhow due to the altitude.