Last sweet peas of the year + a woodpecker

[Petal]

Oh well.... we've picked our last sweet peas of the year - here's a piccie of them



It always feels a bit sad when you start to put the garden to 'bed' things get chopped down and put on the compost bin.... but then there's bulbs to plant, seeds to order and digging to do...Oh yes, the other day I snapped a very elusive woodpecker on our 'on the piss' bird feeder



I sat on the seat and waited patiently for him/her to come round to my side of the feeder, so I could take a pic of the lovely red/white and black feathers.... 5 minutes later and he was still in the same spot. I finally put my camera down after taking this piccie and hey presto, the cheeky bugger came round to the front as if to say 'you're not taking a piccie of all of me matey'!

Lovely bird though - we see them often. One of the feral cats nearly 'had' one recently, but we opened the door to let her in and she decided she preferred the warm living room to tucking into our lovely woodpecker - phew!

off to do the dinner now ....

back later hopefully

xx