My Bird Feeder

I have birds round my feeder but I have no sensible way of getting a photograph. If I don't scare off the birds, me carrying a laptop and aiming the monitor at them, will! I must get my camera back from Naomi or borrow one from school.

Mary Jane's Finches

Lampeter hits the news

Naomi and Emma went to university in Lampeter and we owned a house there for 4 years. It's a wonderful town. Now it's hit the Guardian, page 11. Not bad. And for good reasons. The headline is: Pioneering Welsh town begins the transition to a life without oil. You may like to read it.

Bird Feeder photographs

Mary Jane has suggested bird feeder photographs. I'm game if others are. You can email me any photos taken with a digital camera and I will put them on the blog. As you can see, my first picture doesn't have any birds in it. I've loaned Naomi my camera and so I tried to use the camera on my phone. It took a nice photo but wouldn't download to my laptop. So, I decided to use the I-photo software on my laptop and try that. Of course, it meant me aiming the camera on the laptop at the bird feeder. Imagine me in my pyjamas in my front garden, carrying my laptop and aiming it towards a tree. Luckily no one was around to see but neither were there any birds!

Easter Weekend

It's been a wonderful start to the weekend. The weather is sunny and warm. I've been out doing more work on my front garden. I don't get a lot accomplished because I tire very quickly but it doesn't matter. I've put up some suet balls in the trees outside the front window. They have been visited by great tits and blue tits. Today, I decided to move one of the bird feeders from the back to the front trees. I'm sitting here on the sofa now waiting for some activity out there. So far, nothing. I hope I haven't frightened them away.

Cliff and I went to Savill Gardens for lunch. it's not the best of food to be found around here but the view over the gardens as you eat is great. There's a new visitor centre at the gardens and it's quite interesting. Cliff says that 'interesting' is the word to use when you don't want to commit yourself one way or another. I think it's great, Cliff thinks it's interesting. A lot of people hate it. Why don't you decide for yourselves. (Still no birds!)

Now there are birds! Yes! There are even eating from the feeder. I'm just hoping that the pigeons don't find out.

I now know more than I want to!

Don't read this paragraph if you're squeamish.
I had my 21st treatment today and then had an appointment with a nurse about looking after myself after all treatment is finished. Oh dear! I was dreading this! I was right to do so. Apparently, after this kind of radiotherapy, your vagina closes up. This can be very painful and somewhat inconvenient, I should think. So, to stop this from happening, (do you really want to know this) I was given my own set of pink dilators which I have to insert 2 to 3 times a week. They come in 4 sizes and I guess I have to find the one which suits me best. I even have a CD-ROM to help me but I just can't bring myself to look at it. When the nurse and I had nearly finished our conversation, I asked how long I would have to continue to do this. The rest of my life, she said. Wow! I'm still try to come to terms with that.

Start here if you are squeamish!
Today was beautiful, warm and sunny. I had some energy as well so I helped mum as she worked on our front garden. There is a standard rose in the centre and it is on its last legs. I'm going to take it out and put containers with various vegetables and flowers. We found a maple tree growing there. It's about 70cm high. Obviously it can't stay in our garden. However, I did think that Naomi might like it in Swansea. For some unknown (to me) reason there are very few trees in Swansea. I thought that it might have something to do with the weather there. However, if a maple can cope in Canada, it should be fine in Wales. I'm going to pot it up and take it down the next time we go.

The reason I am growing my veggies at the front of the house is that there is very little sun at the back. I'm sure that growing the veggies in pots will mean that they are more expensive than those at our local farm shop but I don't care! I'm going to plant courgettes (zucchinis), peppers, runner beans, lettuce, rocket, tomatoes and perhaps, cucumbers. I forgot the potatoes! I may also put in some sunflowers, oh and a pumpkin. That would be fun! I'm going to start tomorrow by finding out what containers I already have, buying some compost, and any seeds I don't already have.

Still tired!!

I'm so tired! I do nothing all day other than visit the hospital and sleep. There are now only 5 treatments of the kind I have had since the start and 2 of the 'other' left. I can't wait for this all to be over but at the same time I'm very nervous about the final 2 treatments and wish that the time would pass slowly.

We have been blessed with good weather. It is supposed to get even better in the lead up to Easter but I'm not counting on it. One should never count on the weather in England. However, if it is nice, Cliff and I are going to Wisley on Saturday for a walk and lunch (if I can manage all that). On Sunday we are going with Emma and Mike and two of their friends to a Greek restaurant down by the Thames for lunch. They have been known to do spit roasted meats, so here's hoping!

I now have two microphones for my pod casting! The problem is that I don't know what I want to say. Well, I'd better figure that out soon so that I can get it finished before school starts again. This is something I can do when I'm tired but I probably can't think of what to say because my mind is in a fog.