Welcome to family, friends and visitors. Here you will find interesting (hopefully) pictures of my part of the world, news of our household and probably, long ramblings about anything that catches my interest.

Monday, 21 April 2025

Showers.

There were quite a few showers in the morning which eventually cleared to give a sunny afternoon.

It was raining when I got up so I had to have my first cuppa sheltering inside the doorway. Just beyond the long reef was a flock of several hundred birds swirling about. They were too far away to make a clear identification though their they way they held their wings stiffly out to the sides reminded me of puffins. (Unlikely) When I enlarged the photos I saw that they were shearwaters whose Latin name is Puffinus puffinus, hence the resemblance. There were also a few few gannets in with the shearwaters.

"Gannet you are cleared for take-off." Increase speed, undercarriage retracted ...... and we have lift off.
Due to the risk of showers I abandoned my plan to cycle to the Community Gardens for a jumble sale plus cake in aid of a replacement bus shelter and drove instead. (£800 raised already.) I managed to find a knee length purple bohemian style sun dress which looked great with my wellies when I tried it on and also a spare white, round paper lampshade for when one of the ones I have up gets damaged. I chatted to people I knew and did my duty by having a slice of really nice chocolate cake. I stayed until the next shower at which point I drove down to the beach at the far end of the village hoping to get a better photo of some of the seabirds. Which I didn't but later in the afternoon I looked out from the terrace and saw the Little Terns fishing by the reef. 
Down to the beach I went and got some decent shots.
Before that I finished the lacing on Peter's costume and attempted to draw on studs with a silver Sharpie. That didn't look right so I've cleaned them off using smelly white spirits and Peter has ordered actual studs for me to use. I also had another go at a FB recipe. Another one I won't be doing again. It was for a chocolate mousse cake using pears, dark chocolate and gelatin. Pears are a fruit I enjoy, I'd treated myself to a bar of 70% dark chocolate and I had some vegan 'gelatin' so I had all the ingredients. It has made a tasty mousse but has a slightly gritty texture from the pears. Odd if you aren't expecting it. 
A couple more photos from yesterday.
A male orange-tipped butterfly, apparently the female is all white.
Welsh mountain ponies on a Welsh mountain. 

No comments: