More Bird Stories.

A beautiful day today, as good as any summer's day. Lightly overcast to start with clearing to blue skies with fluffy clouds and a warm wind.

As I sat on the wall in the sun with my early morning coffee down flew a female blackbird. I had topped up the birdbath but she was after bird seeds. Which I had forgotten to put out on the paving. She sat on the wall about 10 ft from me repeatedly looking down at the ground and then up at me reproachfully. Of course I went and got some seeds which she probably ate later.

A shame that I've had so much to do today. First off I went to town to see the physiotherapist. He was a bit surprised when I said I was now doing three sets of 100 squats a day. Apparently he had meant a goal of 100 a day. But if I can do that many it's good though he suggested only twice a day or even once would be fine. I'll aim for twice a day for now. Overall my sideways stretching is improving and as there is some decrease of my back pain (though of course that means I do more) I'm signed off for the moment. But if I need to go back I can refer myself again and should be seen within a week or so.

As I was already in town I did my Lidl shop before coming home and preparing for our Welsh class. We've now moved on from the initial revision unit and started learning to use sy which in simple terms can be translated as is/are but is really who/that/which is/are. It was helpful that the main exercise where we had to describe the position of items in a picture linked directly to the unit I'm currently doing in Duo Lingo.

As soon as I could after class I took myself to read out in the sun wearing shorts for the first time this year. As wonderful as it is the weather can change at any moment back to cold or even wet. For tonight's disco aerobics I'm wearing shorts again (a less scruffy pair).

 

On yesterday's walk I watched a rook helping itself to the winter fur from the back of a Charolais cross(?) cow on the bog. That will be a cosy nest for its chicks.

Part of my Welsh homework. I don't have 'Word' and since a recent update I can't fill in the on-line version of the homework pages. I either write everything out straight on to an email or attach photos of the pages from my folder.

Oh no, now I'm looking at it I'm wondering if I should have used a different tense or added some 'go's in front of 'shopping'. Too late now as I've already emailed it to my tutor. Whoops. Here's my translation - I am shopping every Friday after my riding lesson. First I am shopping for food at Morrisons supermarket. After Morrisons I am driving to big Charlie's to look at flowers and riding clothes. What a surprise. After I go to the town to the small shops and the charity shops. That is my shopping for the week. Hopefully that doesn't sound quite so odd in Welsh. I guess there's going to be a whole lot of corrections coming back.