A Bright Start

Sunny Morning In The Fens

   What a great morning, birds singing, the sun filling the garden, Yvonne feeling a lot better and both a ceramic and lampwork kiln to empty, what more could I ask for. I sit here with my cuppa looking out onto what can only be described as a early spring morning, after what seems like days of grey skies, the gods of the flat lands must have decided we need a last reminder of summer, maybe they know something we don't and can see what winter has in store for us.
   That evil magpie sits here above the conifer branches yet again waiting and hoping to find a late nest to savage, most mornings he cries out that nasty rattle of a call, I just hope no late chicks or eggs are around to be lost to this monster of the bird family. I know people love the magpie with his bright display yet do they know it's not just items that glitter he steals, like most of the crow family he will take young chicks and eggs from any nest left unguarded and tho I love nature with a passion there are some parts of her great show I just find hard to watch but then she shows us all, her way of teaching and I guess the only way.
   The lunch time bike rides are getting colder as the weeks past, more coats being worn and every day there seems to be a strong wind to fight, so I'm trying to spend the odd lunch time working in the garden, I know the exercise is a different kind but to me I will be getting jobs sorted at the same time and I really want to get that new kitchen garden up and running by spring. Now my step daughter Nicola is the proud owner of an allotment so I'm fast becoming the veg growing expert in the family with all sorts of questions from digging to what veg to grow, I must say it makes buying Christmas presents easy this year, seeds, tools and more seeds haha !
   Well I better get back to it, I need to go empty the ceramic kiln before I get on my torch, the excitement I'm feeling in my belly is telling me that the glaze results may not be as good as I thought, but we'll see in a few minutes, my fingers are crossed and there is pleanty of time to get it right, tho I think more clay may be the only thing on my Christmas list this year.