Friends

A long conversation with a special friend really cheered Friday up. We haven't seen each other for ages, so it was good to talk, about the bad things as well as the good. That's really what friends are for, to help you celebrate the good and to help you share the load when the going gets tough, or as usual, life just isn't fair, or simply to put you back on the right path when you've lost your focus or your sense.
I like having friends (many of you will be reading this and thinking - does he mean me?) - well yes the answer is I do. And if my readership expands out there in the blogsphere then I hope that they may become virtual friends through the comments page. Thanks by the way to those of you who have left comments. It's nice to know that I am not just on my own in a virtual void.
And just in case you misunderstood the bit above, it means I am happy to see the number of my friends expand, not my friends expand. The post Christmas and pre Lent period is really very short this year so no sooner have we stuffed all the left over bits from Christmas (still got an unopened box of shortbreads although the tin of Quality Street that was going into temporary storage has now gone into the boys) before we hit that manic - must have lots of what I am going to give up for Lent before I give it up for Lent. I know one for whom the craving for a chocolate egg by 00.01 on Easter morning is almost debilitating.
So, if you are thinking of things that need to go on the shopping list, I hope this has been a timely reminder that Shrove Tuesday (alright Pancake Day) is only a couple of weeks away.
Bird Tables
Christmas was very RSPB last year with two new bird tables, several hanging feeders and lots of birdie goodies since which time the healthy population of garden birds upped and offed never to be seen again. And then this morning a bird on the bird table!!!!! A pigeon had become wedged under the roof of the roofed table on the patio. It didn't seem to mind, even when another pigeon came and sat on the roof, and eventually squeezed out and flew off. Now that the trend is set I hope we can go back to lots of avian visitors.