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Dia is Mhuire dióbh go léir a cairde and welcome to my Report.

The Holiday season is on and the weather is promising, so get out into the great out of doors because the countryside never looked so inviting. I covered a few extra miles since last we met and I want everybody to see and enjoy what I saw. Time and place don’t matter because the show goes on everywhere. All along the way the scene just keeps on repeating itself. The carefully tended gardens, and the wild open countryside compliment each other. The cattle or sheep gently grazing on the level and on the mountainside and the pastures green following the night rain. The corn fields, the potato fields showing great promise even in the wake of a long wet Spring. Buiochas le Dia.  I love our winding roads because there is a different view around every bend. Picnic places are dotted in scenic areas if you’d like to bring your own food and drink in the view while you eat. Of course there are many cafes and restaurants also, but with the way things are these days you can never be sure.

[read more …] “Eily’s Report – 30th July”

Dia is Mhuire dióbh go léir a cairde and welcome to my Report.

I don’t watch matches, but I would ask the result when it would be over. Well when I put the vital question on Sunday evening, I got a very sharp retort, “Don’t Go there”, so I won’t.  Our weather still plays games with us. Bright sunshine to look out at but windy and cold when you venture. But at least the drop of rain is keeping things green and fresh and good to look out at.

And that, coupled with the sight of all the little fledglings feeding on the peanuts a few feet from my window is enough to brighten up any sagging spirits. Little mothers coming with their droves of youngsters that they hatched into the world against a backdrop of dwindling places to call home and a wet Spring. The young robins are hard to identify because their distinctive red breasts haven’t still developed and won’t for another couple of months, but you can still spot them. For one thing they don’t feed from the food basket, but do a great job in picking up the bits that others let drop. I’m rather disappointed this season at the non-appearance on the  lovely red-headed Gold Finches at the feeding place. I spotted one in the garden a few days ago but none at the peanuts. I can’t explain why.  Their pickings in the wild get more abundant all the time ,with many of the weeds such as nettles and docks growing ripe and bursting out with the seeds that our feathered friends love.

[read more …] “Eily’s Report – 23rd July”