As we are stuck at home on lock down, it's time to get on with some outstanding jobs. With the weather being so beautiful, one of the first things to get done was to tidy up the patio and give it a jet wash - after the wet and miserable winter, the paving stones were slimy and filthy.
Then we put the new plant stand in place and I potted up some ranunculus & violas that I had bought before the lockdown. I was very pleased with how it looks - now we just need all those flowers to come out and cheer us up!
We have been waking up at ridiculously early times this week - stress I think - but on Tuesday it was a good opportunity to watch a pair of dunnocks courting in the curly hazel right outside the living room window.
I'm assuming it was the male that was doing all the posturing and posing, fluttering his wings like crazy while perched on top of the small tree.
The female seemed to like his efforts, they were hopping and fluttering around each other on the patio. Perhaps they will nest in the garden? We already have a pair of bluetits nesting, and possibly a pair of coaltits. At least with the lockdown the noisy brats next door aren't crashing around quite so much and our garden is a peaceful haven for the birds most of the time. Thank goodness we have the garden and a few fields behind the house to enjoy in the sunshine when we can.
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