Jack Frost is quaking in his boots… my Brunnera plant that is! For the last few days a female Blackbird has gone away with beakfuls of damp, root like material from around the crown of this plant. I am guessing this is the first layer of her nest. You can see her in the montage… Read More The nest build begins
Not quite Canada, but she has space to roam now and the harsh weather this winter has made her feel quite at home! Mercedes, the Edinburgh Zoo polar bear, is now living in the Highlands of Scotland and has been enjoying the snow! Image from news article on December 21st 2009. Back at the end… Read More Catching up with Mercedes
Out on the streets of Perth, Scotland.End to end Crocus. Marshall Place/South Inch. The vibrant colour mix. The delicate pale mix. A small section of my favourite part to drive/walk past.A glorious sea of lilac. Happy Wordless Wednesday. Enjoy seeing what’s ‘Out on the Streets’ at the moment 😀 All photos above taken on March… Read More Wordless and OOTS
…this month for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day! After uploading my photo selection I see that many other blogs today, showing what’s in flower in the garden on the 15th of the month, have celebrated it too. Even our hostess for this monthly event, Carol, in her garden in Indiana USA has them in flower at… Read More Crocus rules…
Edinburgh Botanical Garden saw many families wandering through it yesterday afternoon. We joined them. A blue sky and light winter sunshine brought us all outdoors. The garden was full of chatter from people and its resident birds. Palm House, water falling through Chinese Garden, Temperate House with Eucalyptus in front. Clicking on photo montages will… Read More Scottish Garden Visits (5)
Finally, after some deliberation outside our new camera nestbox we have seen the first images of blue tits inside it this week. Their curiosity has satisfied mine too! I have been very interested to see what quality of images we would get from this nestbox showing only black and white images. This nestbox has infra… Read More 2010 Nestbox News: First visits
Uploading videos to display directly into blog posts is the main reason I began blogging. I have used Google, BlipTV and YouTube to host mine. Generally speaking I’d say the processing quality is definitely improving all the time since I first began over three years ago. I’m sure others would agree.However, I should stress that… Read More Tech Tuesday: Displaying videos in blogs
Earlier today, I posted with photos of a female Sparrowhawk that was visiting my garden this morning. I guess she makes an entry into February’s ‘end of the month garden view’. Interestingly, this posting has indirectly kicked up another couple of things.Suspecting I’m not the only blogger that has had the following problem, I wonder… Read More End of month views, February 2010
With a female Sparrowhawk making repeated visits to the garden feeders this morning the other birds are understandably looking nervous. Completely oblivious to this are small group of Siskins who have just arrived. I have noticed in the past that they don’t get the jitters the same way as the other birds. They seem quite… Read More A nervous place
…again and again! Snow covered ground makes it difficult (once again) for the birds to find the food on the ground. As a result, the hanging feeders and bird table have become a bit over crowded to say the least. Chatters of frantic activity increase in volume with the increase in birds arriving at them.… Read More Snow brings them in…