Robins.

I was listening to the robin this morning, wondering if it's from the same family from previous robins who lived in my front garden. I had one who was so aggressive it was unbelievable, you walked out the front door out it came defending its patch. In the end he got used to us, but anyone else out he came so angry, used to frighten people, but what could I do? But after a while he calmed down a bit. The one what I heard this morning sounded just like him. Also sometimes in the night you could hear the robin . I like to think he was our guard dog, in my area we did and still do have quite a bit of cold calling. To be honest he got used to the postman. So he was handy when cold callers came.
So with this one , I was wondering if he is a relative of the previous robin?
I like robins apart from them being aggressive, they are no bother to me.

Quiet.

One for sorrow, two for joy! Water lilies galore. Geese flying overhead. Apart from that grey dull and drizzle. Garden is quiet. Everything quiet here.

Cawing.

Heard cawing early morning as I was putting the rubbish out, first time I heard it for a very long time. The birds are busy now eating the berries.
My honeysuckle has started to bloom again, as I have said before it's a early bloomer, mind you it didn't really do to well, maybe it thinks it can do better second time around.

Parakeets and squirrels.

An other flock of parakeets flew over and they came from the direction from where my sister lives. Just wondering if they are the same flock that visit her.
The local pond has now been cleaned up and it looks so much better, also the water fowl looks happier and there is plenty, ducks,swans, geese, moorhens.
The weather is topsy turvey today sunshine and showers. No garden work for me today, I work better in the garden in the morning, so that is tomorrow morning sorted.
A squirrel crossed the main road this morning and the traffic stopped to let it cross.

Poppies for next year.

Found a packet of seeds , so I sowed them this morning they are poppies, mixed coloured. They said to sow now for next year so have done so. They need full sun and in the front that's is where I get most of the sun. Hopefully I will remember that I have sowed them . The front needs brighting up.
A friend saw a badger at 2am going through the leaves, I have not yet had the badger in my garden yet.

A promising day.

Woke up to a promising day and the weather was a lot better than yesterday . Warm, a pale yellow sun  and partly cloudy.
While we were driving along 3 parakeets flew along side us for a while, they looked as if  they was escorting us. Then we turned round the corner and startled a partridge.
Saw a dragonfly hovering for a while, the beautiful colours  was so beautiful .
Picked up two conkers, so nice and brown and shiny. Saw a load of acorn cups. The trees now are beginning to take on the autumn tints.

A subtle coloured day.

A grey green brown day, with a slight drizzle in the wind.
A flock of birds in the cornfield . A magpie on the tv areial having a discussion with its mate in the tree. No slugs or snails. Pigeons roosting on the roof. All in all a quiet day.

After the storm.

Woke up to a storm in the early hours. The lighting was so bright , but the thunder was not to bad. I never slept through a storm . So when I got up which was a bit later than usual, it was to a damp but bright morning. The garden has been refreshed by the rain, the plants ,grass trees look so much better for having some rain water.
Found a snail climbing in my mums, I didn't have the heart to move it, maybe I should of done, but hey I thought you look happy, I am still a bit groggy after being woken up by the storm and getting up later than usual.
Maybe it's because I don't mind  living with the snails, slugs and other insects, that my little patch at the back doesn't seem to have to much damage to it. Still got the ant hill In the front, but not one single ant has been indoors as far as I know, most years I did have a problem. Just thinking the little souls think you leave us alone we leave you alone. The same goes to the other little souls.
The air is so much cooler and fresher after the storm we just had, very nice indeed. So hopefully the rest of the day will be a good day weather wise .

Misty morning.

As I was putting out the recycling out this misty morning I had a good look round , there are a load of orange berries, the leaves not the trees are slowly turning colour .
Everything was so still and quiet, no birds around at all at the moment.
All the summer flowers seem to be tucking themselves up for winter.
When I was clearing up the flower bed in the back garden ,the two rose bushes I thought I lost earlier this year, have got a lot of leaves ,i am so happy as they were special .
Heard the fox last night, but not seen it for a while, well they have finally started to build behind me an other lot of houses, I know people have to live somewhere, but here is so overcrowded. But never mind , so I think the fox has moved on.
This morning opening the back door, I noticed a very small slug on the inside of the door, I always leave the back door open at night just in case the cats want to come in, before I go to bed, so the slug crept in. When I came back from putting out the recycling , it was gone.
 Hopefully it will be an other nice day,

Spider lace.

Woke up to a foggy morning. Opened the front door saw a beautiful spider web with a few droplets of dew . I was reading somewhere can't remember ,a spider web as  spider lace. I think that sounds really nice
The sweet chestnut tree has loads of sweet chestnuts ready to fall.
The day has turned into a lovely September day, as I said before a soft warm sort of day.

Lawns done.

Just finished the grass front and back. Spiders galore. Good job I like them, slugs I am gradually liking them.
The trench is now down , it amazes me that a small animal can burrow like they do underground ,they make it look so easy, but us humans well we do find it difficult at times or should I say I did..
The beech tree is still dropping nuts pigeons are still eating them, but no signs of the squirrels. The sweet chestnut haven't dropped their bounty yet, have to have a proper look when I go past.

Busy Saturday morning .

Sitting outside watching the men creasoting the shed. Done the trench, boy was it hard work, but it's been done.
Now to clear up some branches that was just cut from the apple tree.
Found some white cyclamen growing wild, they look gorgeous.

Thank you dad.

A lovely soft warm September afternoon. This is the weather I enjoy most of all.
Down my friend place to help dig the trench tomorrow . Back Sunday night, so Monday weather permitting the lawns will have their last cut. The back lawn is drying out nicely so it should be ok to cut properly.
Went to the garden centre and saw they have started to sell bulbs so will ponder over the weekend what to get, but I know what's on top of the list hyacinth bulbs, but what colours? I always have some hyacinths in memory of my dad, he always potted some up for winter.
Dad once again thank you, sorry it's taken along time for me to love gardening like you used to.
Still miss you every day. And in September as well.

Busy weekend.

Going to be a busy weekend , going to help dig a trench for electrical cable. I think I am a Jill of all trades and mistress of none.
One job I won't be doing this year as it's all ready been done and that's doing the conifer hedge usually it's this time of the year it is trimmed up. Going to miss doing and the smell of the clippings

A mixed day of good and bad jobs.

Hedge clippers didn't let me down , got done what I wanted to do and more. Found a very posh pair of secataurs do not remember buying them, not unless I borrowed them, will have to find out.
Did my least favourite job cleaning out the food waste bin. It was disgusting , and the reason why I found was that it does not close properly, so need to get a new one. It was washed out with a strong floral disinfectant so it is now smelling nice and clean. Won't say what there was in there, yes I will maggots. Uck! But I didn't realise that the lid was not closing properly till today. Enough of that. I do clean it out regularly honest. It just happen this week.
My geraniums and mums are giving a good show, my roses are now stop flowering ,they did do a good show and 1 I thought I lost with all that rain earlier this year is growing beautifully .

Fox and pigeons

The other night the fox came up to the living room window had a good look in then wandered off.
The hedge clippers are now working so will be in the garden later.
The beech tree has drops a loads of nuts, so it's scrunch scrunch time again. When I walked passed the tree there was some pigeons having a feast on the nuts. Not seen the squirrels though still at the moment.
Autumn chill in the morning and evening now .

Pleasant morning. & afternoon.

Out in the garden , it's chilly but sunny lovely blue sky and there are loads of spangly spider webs and there is a big one between the 2 washing lines. Really beautiful.
Went to tidy up the hedge but the hedge clippers gave up on me! But at least the grass is cut.
Saw the stream where I work for the first time in ages, it has been cleaned out ,it's looking good. The white roses are still flowering and in bud, they surround the stream. The church yard is covered in greenery  you cannot see the grounds as the tree, bushes have grown well.
Now at the moment the evening sun is gorged and warm a very pleasant evening.

A ride out.

Woke up this morning to the sun trying to break through the mist and it did so to a lovely day.
Went for a trip into the country, by bus and train, saw loads of berries on the trees , on bushes ,shrubs. From orange to the most deepest red you could find.
The leaves are now beginning to change colour , so has the landscape, with all the corn cut, now all stubbly , some places there are chocolate furrows. Most of the corn is in. There is no red poppies or corn flowers to see, but plenty of birds foraging the cut fields.
Going through the big arches of the trees on either side of the road, it was all dappled with the sun .
Plenty of wild flowers growing along the banks. But was unable to identify , you really need to be out walking not stuck on a bus or train. Saw loads of evening primroses , that I can identify.
Saw saddleback pigs in a field, looking very happy and contented. Sheep galore munching away. Saw no deer this time.

Still and quiet.

It's dull, overcast, gloomy morning, nothing really has happened. But my geraniums are putting a brave show, so are my mums.
The cats are waiting to come in after spending the night out. Must admit they stay in the garden they do not wander.
Everything is so still out there and quiet. But that can all change. You never know with Mother Nature.

Pleasant time in the park.

Went to the park after picking up granddaughter . Haven't been to this park for ages, go pass by bus often.
Saw plenty of Canadian geese. To be honest you hear them first before you see them. Saw the moorhens and their young, plenty of ducks, didn't see the swans they must of been on the other pond.
While we were in the play area we saw squirrels, look nanny the squirrels are looking for nuts said granddaughter.
It was lovely to walk through there again. I used to go there when I was younger with my dad. Then I took all tree of mine there as well.
The horse chestnut trees there have a load of conkers to drop. I love the green spikey cases they come in and the creamy white insides. But you can see that autumn is coming.  Even though it was overcast it was still warm. Had a pleasant time in the park.
Before I forget they are cleaning the ponds out and the surrounds,

Dawn chorus.

Woke up to the dawn chorus this morning first time in ages. The birds here have been very quiet for a long time, so it was nice to hear them, also it brightened up a misty, dull morning.
Saw my fox last night it decided to sleep on the lawn in front of the hedge. I think it is a male fox, he has got a beautiful red coat and his tail is so bushy. My cats like him, they had a bit of a chat with him , there is respect between them, I was watching this quietly from the living room.
The horse chestnuts are now beginning to drop their conkers and their leaves are beginning to change colour.
My sister said wild parakeets are visiting her garden now, eating the pears from her trees, which she has got a lot off.
My second geranium is finally coming into flower , it's looking good.

I do like gardening now!

Spent a pleasant afternoon in the garden, doing the autumn tidy up. Now need to cut the grass and get rid of the bramble, would like to do it now, but I wouldn't be popular with my neighbours as it's only turned  7 am.
I think my garden is the capital city of slugs and snails. I found so many, found a caterpillar as well the first one I seen for a long time. Still got my clump of nettles.
And worms galore and other insects as well I have noticed. Spiders there was so many, it's amazing really in a small garden how there is so much wildlife. You really don't notice it until you go and work out there in the garden.
The weatherman says we are going to get a warm September, which will be nice, so I can go out in the garden for a bit longer, I am really enjoying this gardening lark, my dad would be so pleased. I now can understand why he enjoyed gardening, but it is a shame he is not here .
Right need to get my priorities  right, cup of tea, down town, then come home do the grass, while out there, plan my trip to the garden centre for Wednesday as they got some special offers for autumn .