Life and times in my particular environment

I thought it was just a link to my photos!
I'll ask GNHQ to delete the post.
Sorry everyone

I hope none of you have privacy issues as that link gave access to all the other fb pages of gnetters.

Just saying

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

What a delight to have seen gk.

Sounds lovely Granny knot the only time I remember seeing a kingfisher was on a trip to Oz about twenty years ago.

Lovely thread. I miss being close to nature, living in London in an "ex local authority" house as I do. We take ourselves off for walks etc of course, but it's not the same as looking out of your window and being surrounded by nature.

So I shall reminisce - back in Durban, South Africa, a malachite kingfisher (the same one each morning?) would alight on the wooden fence outside my bedroom window just around the time when the sun would announce its intention to treat us to a sparkling Spring morning. A work of art against the deep blue sky and the strong greens of a tropical garden, it would cock its head this way and that, before plunging down on to the lawn in a spectacular dive to spear a fat worm, returning to the fence in one smooth arc to finish it off. I'd watch out for it most mornings, and take my cup of tea out on to the verandah, never tiring of the thrill of seeing that flash of blue as it spread its wings.

Our family of red starts all seem to have moved on - DH anxious because he hasn't seen them for a few days. Yesterday we saw we have dragonfly which was flying between the veggie patch and garage - small one and a beautiful shiny blue.
Farmers have finished harvesting the corn and most of the straw bales have been stored. Wish the maize surrounding our plot was ready to go -DH is asthmatic and is affected by it.

She's a good 'un is Bags!

What a lovely thread.

I've just driven home watching sheet lightening in the West, smiling at a beautiful not yet full orange moon, and marvelled at the local farmers harvesting so late into the night, with their big spotlights lighting up the fields. A night full of colour and wonder.

I really should post some pictures of the local hedgerows, wild honeysuckle, vetch, campion and stitchwort.

I was almost tempted to post an apology for the noise earlier, as just outside the window of my home office they have started cutting and turning for hay making.