I did the big Garden Bird Watch early on today and we had quite a mix which included our resident Great Speckled Woodpecker and two Siskins which are a colourful and rare visitor to our garden, I think I got up to 13 species which is creditable for a small garden. The rest of the day was progressing the municipal bus DVD, it went off at a bit of a tangent, the Roy Marshall collection has a lot of the municipals within it, not surprising as Roy was manager of companies like Gelligaer in South Wales and Burnley Colne & Nelson in Lancashire. I decided that it would be a good opportunity to load up all of the Marshall collection, 8 hour cassettes as I probably won't get to scan it, the copies are old but the quality isn't bad for the era and as they are shot scattered sequences it will make it so much easier to access. Not a lot of DVD orders today but Sunday is usually busier. Many has been busy again cooking as we decided to have some of our favourite meals that we hadn't had for quite a while. We also purchased a chunky cut of beef which although more than we need for two does cook better in bigger cuts, that will be Sunday dinner. The other task I tackled was to complete the last civil engineering projects on the first of the dioramas, I'm already getting the card kits ready to assemble and modify as I head into more recent times for the second layout. So I haven't been idle, tomorrow is going to be sunny but very cold and breezy at home. I want to get some outside jobs tackled suck as cutting down the dead growth on plants untouched since autumn, it should be dry enough to get near now. The death toll on Covid is still very high, I'm glad the vaccination will be able to carry on at its fast pace after the fracas with the EU. The new house fascia looks very nice, it will be nice to see it in sunlight tomorrow. The signs of spring are everywhere from crocus and snowdrops to daffs heading up a bit more each day. The Magnolia has lots of buds but they need to stay put until frosts aren't so frequent, its hard to believe we have the dark days of February to crawl through yet before real spring and our birthdays which are both in March. Mandy has a big one this year we were going away but obviously that's off the agenda, really its hard to think of anything yet until we see how the pandemic progresses as the days warm and vaccination comes into its own. As I'm working on municipal buses lets have a few tonight, how about Sussex, not a lot of municipals none of course survive but its but my old home territory, some are from my buddy John in Sussex. Comments are closed.
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