Snow...

...and more snow. Everyone is sick of the snow now, even the new guy at work who just came over from India and spent the weekend making a snowman. It was a sunny day today for a change, and since I was out of work at 4pm-ish and needed to put out more sunflower seeds I walked to the allotment instead of going home. The round trip from work to town to allotment to home is probably about two miles all told, but it was nice just to be outside. It's a trip I hope to be making a lot more in the summer. The snow is mostly melted and the broccoli has a few unpecked new leaves, which is encouraging. I'm hoping it will rally once the weather warms up. From the footprints in what's left of the snow it looks as though I'm about the only person to have visited all week.

A bird just flew into my house, a rather skinny looking starling who I think is nesting in the eaves, managed to get into the loft and out through the loft hatch which I'd left open. However she soon managed to make an exit through the window. Now the baby birds outside are making a fuss - I hope she finds her way back to her nest.

(Thankfully) the cats were rubbish. The stripy one would no doubt have caught her in the end, but the cowardly one just hid under the bed. If I am ever burgled he will be completely useless. Now both cats have 'the rips' and are racing around the house with inflated tails. They are telling each other how awesome they were in the face of superior firepower.

Drama in the plot 15b household! I'll go and close the loft hatch now.