A Cracking Time.

Yesterday evening.

And today another interesting cloudscape. It has been really warm today with enough wind to dry my washing but not so much that all the hedge cuttings blew down the road.

 

Gazing out to sea this morning I saw a seal near the cliff munching on a flat fish. Then spotted a dolphin briefly on the far side of the long reef.

While overhead a flock of geese were heading to the salt marshes by the Dyfi.

This afternoon a group of house sparrows were feeding on the old thrift flowerheads. Although I do deadhead some plants in the garden I try and leave as many flowers to go to seed for the birds as possible.

The weather was perfect for working outside and today I began work on the long hedge. I say began because although I filled ten sacks from the street side and top of the hedge there is much more to do. When I finally made it down to the end I realised that the hedge really needs to be lowered another six inches. That will mean cutting into the thicker branches with the secateurs rather than the electric hedge trimmer. But the lower the hedge the easier it is for me to reach across.

Yesterday evening we were watching tv when we kept hearing banging noises. Not regular but quite loud thumps. We walked down the corridor trying to find the source of the noise even listening to make sure nothing had flown into the bathroom or toilet. At that point we realised the noise was coming from outside so I carefully got the ladder and climbed up to see what was happening on the roof (seagulls can attack if they think you are threatening their chicks). There on the roof were two seagulls, one squawking away and the other with a rock in its beak which it was dropping on the roof of my study. I'm guessing the gull had learnt to steal other gulls' eggs as I had recently found two empty gull eggs on the path at the side of the house. No doubt the gull thought the egg-sized rock would also be a tasty treat if only it could break it open.