Still Sunny.

Yet another bright and sunny day. I walked into town to visit the Post Office (aka back corner of W.H. Smith's) and to pick up a few things. I didn't wear my shorts but was sleeveless and wearing flip-flops. My back was kept warmer by my backpack and I didn't mind the slight crispness in the air. By the time I walked home anywhere that was in the sun felt lovely and warm. Now that we know where we are going my aim is to clear out anything we don't need. Today I took three pictures and the white glass crockery that came with the camper to the Hospice shop.

In the afternoon I put the trailing geraniums back outside. We hardly had any frost even in the winter and I'm pretty sure we won't be getting any now. With the geraniums out of the way I was able to put my seed trays back up on the table in the conservatory where they will get more light. The poor sunflower seedlings are looking a bit bendy at the moment. 

With the washing on the line and most of my jobs done what else could I do but sit out in the sun? That corner is such a sheltered sun-trap that I whiled away the rest of the afternoon simply reading and enjoying the sun. As ever the soundscape was a mix of country and town; sheep baaing up on the hill, seagulls overhead; the wailing of sirens and the constant drone of traffic. Today my attention was caught by a new sound coming from a single black bird, a corvid of some kind sitting in a nearby tree. The sound it made was neither the sharp 'jack' of the jackdaws nor the caw of rooks or the croak of a raven. It was a single plaintive 'onk ' repeated at intervals. I've tried looking on-line but can only find the standard calls though in a section of rooks it said they have many calls. My guess is that it was a juvenile rook out in the world on its own. 

Tonight we had choir, the last one until May. We had to sing the dreaded seaweed song but for most of the time we sang simpler warm up songs with some lovely harmonies. To make us listen and work harder instead of standing in blocks of the different voices we had to mix ourselves up. It was funny when it was pointed out that the tenors had simply moved around the semi-circle and were still all standing together. We stopped singing earlier than usual to allow time for socialising and munching the goodies that people had brought in. I indulged in a number of sweet treats which thankfully were mostly cut in 1" squares. No calories at all in those.