Ravendale House

I had a couple of ‘firsts’ today, and both before 8.30am. I wonder what the rest of the day has in store?

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Last winter a grey squirrel (or perhaps several grey squirrels) was a regular visitor to the nuts on the bird table. I didn’t mind him having some bird nuts, as long as he didn’t destroy my bird feeder in the process.

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At last I can report that the robin has forgiven me. At 4.30 pm today, just as it was going dark, he had a splash about in his new bird bath.

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Yesterday I put the bird feeder out and had another run-in with a wren.

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Or perhaps that should be a confused bird lover .

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It’s not unusual, during Spring and Summer, for birds to get into the conservatory. How they react to this mishap, seems to depend on species.

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Here we go again, the clocks have gone back and I’m still operating under British Summer Time. I think we’ve been here before.

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Yesterday we tackled one of our least favourite jobs, trimming the ivy that grows up the front of the house. (The ‘home page’ photo is old, the ivy is now passed the bedroom windows.) Thankfully it only needs doing once a year.

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Don’t you just love bees?

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Isn’t this just an amazing photo?

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