The High Street in Exeter this evening ....
it's rare for me to be out after 4pm these days....what with the biting cold air and my sore leg...
and low SAD energy.....and burrowing in the underground seam of hibernation ....it takes something to winkle me out.
This time it's only because I'm desperate for a haircut...the only appointment I could get was at 5.30pm.
You are much more likely to find me in the fug of the kitchen making veggie soup,
or banana and walnut muffins ....
or experimenting with fermented vegetables....on Sunday I made a cauldron of red cabbage and
fennel sauerkraut .....and even the heavenly perfume of a big bunch of
narcissi on the window sill isn't disguising that strong cruciferous pong.
The birds are my main entertainment ....I never tire of watching them....swinging on the feeders....
or scratching in the grass among the daffodils which are shooting up all over the lawn...not many with flowers though.
I'm probably taking too many photos of them as well.... and it wasn't till I downloaded these of
a poor little fat chaffinch that I noticed the deformity of one of his legs and claws and the crusting round
his beak which I now know are all more signs of the horrible parasitic disease he has. I find it hard to bear...knowing there is nothing I can do for him. Just hoping his life will be cut short sooner rather than later. And I can keep cleaning that bird table till I get my pole up.
Great pics of Exeter - and heartrending ones again of the finch. x
ReplyDeleteThanks B. I was in minds about posting the photos of the poor little finch as it is indeed heartrending...to have such constant close up suffering....maybe it's too much... X
ReplyDeleteIt's important that we know (about the finches). x
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