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Normally, when I put the bird food out I layer it in the plastic pot I use. Ground up peanuts at the bottom, mealworms in the middle and no-grow birdseed on the top. i then just upend the pot on to the birdtable, andd let them get on with it. The birds waste a lotContinue reading “886 – Wednesday An Experiment”

I managed to get out for a walk today at lunchtime. It was a bit nippy, but nice. Usual track down to the waterfront and back. HMS Queen Elizabeth was undocked and looking at Marine Traffic (AIS) she’s not back in her berth. The High Street reasonably busy, with the usual Tuesday Market set up.Continue reading “885 – Tuesday”

The No morning walk situation is getting a bit dire. Today, it would have been the only exercise I had. I wasn’t able to get out at lunchtime, which was frustrating. I woke up in time to go for the walk, but I just couldn’t get out of bed. I am very aware that thisContinue reading “884 – The frosted rain gauge”

Elayne was going with Sian to a Wedding Fair in the Paulsgrove area. Elayne asked if I wanted to go. I didn’t really want to go to the fair, but it occurred to me that I could go there and walk down to Gunwharf. It couldn’t be two far. Google maps said it was aboutContinue reading “883 – Out for a walk”

Whenever I go for a walk during shop opening hours, I always try to walk past a certain hardressers on Stokes Road. That’s because they usually have a little board outside, with a saying or something. Today’s made me smile; It’s like winter is mad, and keeps storming out. But then it comes back inContinue reading “883 – Saturday”

It’s the weekend. Friday evening. I should have gone to the radio club, it was partly I thought we were going to have a zoom meeting about RAYNET, we didn’t and partly because I just didn’t feel like it. So, we’ve ended up watching the original Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy. A 1979 TV series. IContinue reading “882 – The Weekend”

Just to be clear, the picture has nothing at to do with today’s topic. I’ve been putting on weight, and I really don’t like it. So the only person who can do anything about it is me. There are two things I need to do; eat less & properly and exercise more. The first oneContinue reading “881 – food”

We are watching a couple of episodes of Call the Midwife. It is one of those BBC series which really is a pleasure to watch. At the start of each programme a famous actress who stars in the show, Vanessa Redgrave does a brief narrative to start the show. This evening, she said some wordsContinue reading “880 – the day”

The only link between the header picture and the title is the bird. It’s not on the bird table. Sometime between 8 and 9 in the morning, I will go out and do my bit. I am using up the supply of peanuts, which takes a minute to ground up in the cheap food processorContinue reading “879 – The Bird Table”

When ever I head towards the waterfront, it is always with the hope that there will be something going on. That was the case today for the lunchtime walk. The Colombian Star, a Reefer (a ship carrying refrigerated containers) was being escorted in to Portsmouth Harbour by two tugs. Like many of my pictures, theContinue reading “878 – Colombian Star”