Maximum temperature today 17C, minimum 9C. Dry; 20km/h North-easterly chilly winds with up to 44 km/h gusts.
I am really not keeping up with blogging at present, I seem to be busy, and I am also not sleeping well which make me very ratty and miserable!!!
We had the chimney cleaned this past week...
Always such a happy man. Sadly he is now retired, but he has said he will help us out while the body is still willing ...
It is at the highest part of our house.
Great tits are returning to the garden for winter, they know there is usually food waiting for them...
as above. (Parus major).
Mrs House sparrow cooling down. (Passer domesticus).
The garden supply is dwindling but still more than enough for the two of us....
As above.
Out to lunch last Thursday - what a cheese board 😊
My bird blog
has been updated HERE
The cheese looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteI admire anyone who can work on a roof.
It was a difficult choice pick just a few cheeses to try! My husband does not have a head for heights, any job above shoulder leverl is mine 👍 Take care Diane
DeleteThat cheese board has me drooling!
ReplyDeleteMe also, i was a difficult choice!!! Hope all is well Diane
DeleteFun to see the gentleman cleaning your chimney. My father always used to do ours and as children it was great excitement to go outside to see if the brush had made it through to the top and outside. Of course, our house wasn't as tall as yours. Pretty birds, colorful and I'm sure very tasty produce, and the cheeseboard, oh my, I wouldn't be able to take my eyes off all the different varieties. Thanks Diane and enjoy your week :)
ReplyDeleteWith a wood stove it is easier to clean from the top and then vacuum all the rubbish out from inside the wood stove. Much cleaner as well. We get someone in to do it as if we should have a fire we would have prove to insurance that it has been cleaned annually. Yes that cheese board was not easy to decide where to taste 🧀 Happy week Diane
DeleteIt made me think of the sweeps in Mary Poppins. The cheeseboard made me hungry.
ReplyDeleteI loved Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins 😉 It makes me hungry also just looking at it! Take care and have a good week Diane
DeletePretty little bird, Diane! We feed the birds here all winter and enjoy watching them. Great veggie pic, are those acorns with the vegetables? I'm in awe of anyone who can even climb a ladder, much less work on the roof! Have a good week!
ReplyDeleteI get so much enjoyment out of the birds and watchng them, just wish I had more time. No not acorns, hazel nuts, this is the last ones, I have a huge box of them, now to find lots of recipes using nuts 😊 Just depend if one is good with heights it does not worry me. Happy week Diane
DeleteLovely light in your photos. Your garden gives good bounty and it seems you manage to find such wonderful cheese boards when you are out and about. I'm salivating ;-)
ReplyDeleteThere are not many places that have cheese boards like that but it is always a reason to return LOL. Hope you have a good week Diane
DeleteLove your birds! I hope you start sleeping well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda. I hope I start sleeping better as well as I am really very moody when tired!! Take care Diane
DeleteThe chimney cleaner is a happy man indeed! Just looking at him up on the roof makes my legs feel like jelly!
ReplyDeleteHe is always smiling and cheerful. He does not speak a word of English but despite my rotten French we seem to understand each other 😉 Enjoy what is eft of the week. Diane
DeleteI always enjoy seeing your pics! Yep...not sure I could even do,the roof climbing chimney cleaning even if the body would allow! Course balance is an issue when dealing with Fibromyalgia anyway...I can trip and stumble just standing still! Ha
ReplyDeleteHi Pam, Nigel also has a balance problem so any jobs up high are mine. Take care and look after yourself. Diane
DeleteAaah - one of the things I miss, now that I'm not visiting France several times a year as I used to, is the wonderful choice of cheeses. I bought myself a guide book to French cheeses some years ago, and was enjoying working through the various types. That selection you show looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteYour garden produce looks rather wonderful!
With my very best wishes - - - Richard
Not often one sees a cheese platter as good as this one anymore, but my mouth waters when one like this does appear. Yes we also have book on Frnech cheeses but I suspect it is out of date by now!
DeleteAs for the garden, despite the weather we have done better than expected and we are both beginning to look like a grean bean this year😉 Think we have enough pumpkins and potatoes to see us through winter which is good.
Have a good day, Diane
Sorry to hear you are feeling ratty. Hope you can sleep better soon. Thats one thing we don't have to worry about, getting a chimney sweep, Love your harvest.
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