The most beautiful partridge seem to have taken up residence in my back garden. My back garden has a dry stone wall at the back and then a large field and even as I type this I see them going over into the field. Maybe it is a bit early for them to start nesting but they do seem to be a pair. But even if they are occasional visitors it is good to see their beautiful markings at close quarters.
Since I am brilliant at falling and then ending up in hospital, I have been advised that perhaps one 'episode' a week is plenty - I am sure the doctor is right. This week's outing is to have my booster jab. This will entail going by taxi through Wensleydale (the friend who intended to take me has herself got covid) so I intend to enjoy it. There will be lambs about by now (we are not early to lamb up here) and so plenty to look at. On the run up to the Easter week-end there promises to be a bit of an improvement in the weather.
I am finding my mobility much impaired at present, which is annoying. But I am keeping going in the hopes that that is the best way to improve things. So see you again tomorrow - hope there is more news by then - at present there is nothing to write about.
Are you still reading with your book group and if so what is your latest book?Also, what has been your favourite so far this year?
ReplyDeleteKeep safe and take care.
Barbarax
Going by the colour that you suggest, I guess your partridges are probably French Partridges.
ReplyDeleteWent to Haver Castle here in Kent yesterday and enjoyed walking round the castle and looking at an exibition of Anne Boleyn's life there. The flower beds and wild meadows were also spectacular with a wide range of various daffodils types all in flower, plus primroses and other spring flowers.
I was able to get my 2nd Moderna booster shot yesterday at Walgreens. Today my arm is a bit sore, but not too bad! About the same as the rest of the shots!
ReplyDeleteIf all you can do is get around your home, at least you are up and moving about! Don't beat yourself up so much!
Enjoy your Sunday!!
I found my wobbly feet and needing to hold onto furniture was partly a result of several meds I take with "warning may cause dizziness" each day. So I hope it's ok, but I started taking them before bedtime rather than in the morning. I still walk around carefully...and watch that I don't turn quickly to go somewhere else. I hope you can continue your mobility, whether what I'm doing helps or not!
ReplyDeleteHopefully you will have lovely weather for your trip through Wensleydale and you will be able to enjoy the wonderful scenery. Until then enjoy the viewing of Partridges which are much more exotic than anything we see here - mostly Jackdaws and Seagulls for us !
ReplyDeleteWensleydale looks like a beautiful drive. Savor it as I know that you will.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the drive, and I hope your friend does not suffer much with Covid.
ReplyDeleteHere, up to 23 C is forecast by Wednesday, while we still had snow yesterday morning!
Glad you have your garden view to look at. Your good planning and work with your gardener have created your own views to enjoy right in your own backyard.
ReplyDeleteTake care as you move about but am glad you're well aware to keep moving. My left knee has swollen for some unknown reason and it has put a hitch in my get-along.
ReplyDeleteYou'll soon have glorious garden flowers to enjoy along with those colorful partridges.
Hugs!
How lovely to have the Partridges visiting. They are such pretty birds.
ReplyDeleteMy sympathies to you on your mobility. My husband is suffering greatly with his following the combination of steroid myopathy and then Hypothyroidism. We are praying it can be turned around if they get the Thyroid does correct.
Hoping you can improve your walking again too.
Nothing to write about? You told us about sighting your partridges and the anticipation of your taxi ride through Wensleydale. You are doing a great job. You don't need to write a lot. Your memories are full of interesting stories.
ReplyDeleteYes great stories. I try to follow your lead and talk to 6 people a day.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your stories every day. You are doing a great job.
Sylvia
What a beautiful drive you have to look forward to.
ReplyDeleteYour drive this week will be a lovely outing. I'm sending you good wishes for happiness and comfort today!
ReplyDeletebusybusybeejay - Our latest book is William Trevor's Felicia's Journey - my choice. Because I was in hospital we had to miss the meeting and our MAY meeting is cancelled so we shall be discussing it in June.
ReplyDeleteDerek - yes - they had red legs.
What a treat to have those birds. We were just watching a redtail hawk circling our place--maybe looking for one of our plump chickens. There is a pair of these hawks that call our place part of their territory.
ReplyDeleteIt has been cold here too. I looked back at posts from this date in previous years and we were much further along with our gardens, and everything was greener too. The old folklore maintains that when Easter is late, Spring will be late too. True so far this year.
I hope you have no episodes this week, and will see improvement in your mobility soon.
What a joy to see those partridges. I haven't seen one for many years - they are such delightful birds.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you are right to keep doing a little movement each day, and I hope you get the chance to spend a little time outside when the weather warms up.
What colour legs? (The partridge, not yours).
ReplyDeleteI am a great William Trevor fan.I did not think this was his best book.
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Barbarax
I'd love to see partridge out the back window!
ReplyDeleteWatching the partridge will be entertaining. I hope they build a nest in your garden. Seeing the eggs hatch and parents feeding their young will be delightful. Your ride to get your booster shot will be a good journey with lots of great countryside views. You are wise to try to get some exercise each day. As you know, daily exercise will serve you well.
ReplyDeleteBirds and lambs are plenty to write about!
ReplyDeleteExcited about the partridge!
ReplyDeleteThere were two Partridges across the road last week, one hopped through the gate into the churchyard but the other couldn't work out how to get through and went up and down the road - despite the cars - luckily it decided to hop up the bank and took off to get to safety. Phew!
ReplyDeleteHope your Monday is a good one
I found a partridge indoors when I got up the other morning, well I discovered it a couple of hours later. It was trying to get out of a window at the far end of the house. It was indeed a beautiful bird and its feathers were an amazing pattern of colours. It had obviously been brought in through the cat flap and escaped its captor. It flew off at speed when I opened the window. We have many partridges here, they are what you might say, prolific.
ReplyDeleteIt will be lovely to watch the partridges come and go. I love seeing a bit of wildlife in and about my garden too. I'm presently enjoying watching a fox family that has taken up residence under a neighbour's deck. Apparently, there are four kits which I hope to see out and about soon. I'm looking forward to hearing about your taxi trip into town for the jab.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to hearing about the partridge(s) in your garden,
ReplyDeleteWe don't have too many amazing wildlife specimens around here. We have a wide variety of hawks large and small. Last winter we saw a large hawk that was almost all white. I googled him and found out that he was most likely a red tailed hawk that had the genetics that caused him to be mostly white.
We have quite a few Canada Geese that stay in our area year around. This year they built nests on the grounds of a State of Missouri building. They built their nests up against the building that has windows that reach almost to the ground. I imagine a lot of workers spent time watching the geese right up against the windows. The problems came because the geese had also built their nests near some of the entrance doors to the building. Then as people came and went from from work they were attacked by the geese protecting their nests. Which could be painful and frightening because these are large geese. Someone (or something) stole all of the eggs out of the nests, which is against the law here, but the geese are still there. I haven't heard anymore about them attacking the employees, but I still hear them honking when flying over my home twice a day. I love that sound.
I hear the Canadian geese go overhead most days, a somewhat plaintive call. The jackdaws are squabbling over mates and nesting space. But mostly the river birds keep near the canal. I have seen one wagtail and a little robin who came over and inspected me! You have a 'window onto the world' enjoy...
ReplyDeleteThank you for your chat about game birds. Reminded me that one year we had a pheasant make her nest by our front porch on the farm. She reared fourteen young for a couple of days then took them off into the fields.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your replies.
Partridges are beautiful birds to watch, I hope you do have a pair!
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