Ravendale House

Today we had another squirrel visit, but this little chap had a full complement of limbs, so my little one-armed friend must have something better to occupy him on this cold and miserable day.

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Today the mistle thrush visited the garden again, the second time in 2 days.

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Today, perhaps due to the bad weather, saw the return of a much loved, but  infrequent visitor to the garden, the mistle thrush. Once again it was the pull of the windfall apples that did it.

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I’m pleased to announce that my little one-armed bandit is alive and well. I put the bird food out at about 8.30am and by 8.45am he had arrived and was tucking into some peanuts.

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It’s always a dilemma at this time of year as to when to do the infamous ‘Xmas food shop’. Too soon (to miss the crowds) and the fresh food goes off before the big day, too late and the shelves are bare. One year we left it until Xmas Eve and were pleased to see a relatively empty car park. When we got inside we found out why! No crowds, no queues, no food!!

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It’s snowing again, just like the forecast said it would. I hope it’s not as bad as last time. At least we have plenty of food in now. I went shopping yesterday and took part in what I can only describe as ‘controlled panic buying’.

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Well, on Thursday 09.12.10 we finally made it to the supermarket for some much needed shopping. It was the first time we had been out in 2 weeks. What a relief. I never thought I would ever be so pleased to go food shopping.

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I’m sure it will come as no surprise to anyone, that there hasn’t been a lot of gardening getting done in these last few days.

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Tomorrow it will be just 2 weeks since I did any shopping. We haven’t actually been snowed in all that time but it certainly feels like it. We’ve probably been unable to get out for about 9 days.

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This seems to be my week for ‘firsts’ because today I had another one.

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