Skywatch Friday!

A Photo a Day
04.01.08
Songthrush in our front garden yesterday.

The winter's evening settles down
With smells of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves across your feet
And newpapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On empty blinds and chimney-pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.

-- T. S. Eliot

I have a book called "Poem for the Day"
This was the poem for 4th January and I felt it was appropriate for today.
T.S. Elliot died on January 4th 1965.
I was surprised as I always imagined him from an earlier time in the literature scene.

Yesterday was quite a dramatic day here with snow falling quite quickly and thickly.
It was very cold too.
Although Jon unlocked Jo's shed door at 8am he was quite happy sitting inside until later in the morning, when he came out and stood with his old bag for a while.
He has bonded with the bag of sand which was delivered for the building work Jon did last year on the shed. Each day Jo will snuggle up to the bag and nibble some sand.
When the bag was used up we ordered him another....is he spoilt or what?

As you can see his pond was frozen but he has a big bucket of fresh water each morning.
It is situated under the kitchen window.




I empty the contents on the front lawn.
There are often bits of bread which all of the birds enjoy.

Yesterday I spotted the blue tits eyeing up the birdhouse, chaffinches, blackbirds, robins and the lovely songthrush.


Wilma was at the workshop with Jon so I had Elsie for the day, as indeed I do today.
We have had her a year now and it is all prt of the plan for a harmonious home life.....but dog lovers amongst you will know that with rescued dogs this is often an area of education and great patience.

Wilma is very nervous and we are going to be taking her to an animal behaviourist as she is still spinning around and wanting to rush through doorways. The patio doors in the kitchen have knocked off their runners several times.

Elsie has a "thing" for men! (No comment! LOL)
So we are trying to interupt this pattern and she is spending more time with me.

She had a great time playing in the snow yesterday!

Here she is in our paddock.
The paddock is on the other side of this tree.

This seat was one I picked up from the tip!
I thought it looked inviting yesterday.....lovely in the snow.

Looking out, the sky looks full of snow right now, although the road is clear I wouldn't be surprised if we had another fall.
I will get a few things we need but then will spend the day here.
I got lots done yesterday and can finally say the house is getting back to normal.
Once all is sorted I will continue with some more decorating...watch this space.

Happy Skywatch Friday everybody.
This wasn't the picture I intended to show, but I like to show pictures which reflect current season or feeling!

Have a good day!