Spread your wings and fly away

..........talking about things in general as you do when suddenly hubby shouts STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"WTF" says I to him.

"there is a pigeon on the road under the bridge, it may be hurt!"

"And?" says I

"TUrn round so I can check on it".

So I do as I am told and now we have a baby pigeon in the shed.

Tally so far:

Two dogs
Canary
2 finches
several tropical fish
a hedgehog
a baby pigeon

And they tried to convince me at work today that St. francis is really dead.

I don't think so

If you are tempted to purchase the new Weight watchers quiches, that look so appetising by their picture ont he front (not), Don't bother. Buy a proper quiche instead.

The Weight watchers ones are vile, tasteless, disgusting like most WW products.

Here ends my public service announcement.

Despite the sun being in the sky it is quite cold outside and chilly. There is a fine layer of frost on some of my plants, a sure sign that Summer (what summer?) is over and winter is on its way.

I am sure I suffer from SAD. Winter is my worst time, I hate it. The cold, the rain, sometimes snow. I find it hard to stay on track, I just want to hibernate. There are times when I think I should be in a warm country somewhere.

Ok in fairness we have definate seasons here. The spring where plants start to come to life, the daffodils and snowdrops pushing their heads throught he ground and leaving a burst of colour. The summer full of its variety of plants and unpredictable weather. Sometimes, yes sometimes, it is warm, very warm, sun shining all day long, the sound of children playing outside. Autumn, the leaves on the trees turn from green to brown, then drop their leaves to the ground,the frost settling on the pavements in the morning, the chilly mornings, the chilly evenings, the nights drawning in, dawn arriving later as each day passes.

Winter, everything has died apart from few plants that can survive winter, but don't look as good as they did in summer. Occasionally snow, though more likely sludge, the short hours of daylight, the long hours of darkness. Everything looks drab and grey.

WEll moaning about it isn't going to get me anywhere is it? I should be grateful really that I am alive, that I have a loving family and two good children instead of moaning about something I have no control over. I intend to remain positive about the approaching winter this year, how long that will last for though is anyones guess

Have a good day and a safe journey wherever you are.