Old Things and Bird Watching

We don't have any antiques in our house, just one or two old things (plus me and him of course!)

This is my favourite

 It's just a small chest of drawers about 7 inches tall that I've had forever. I don't know where it came from but I believe it was made by someone in the family before I was around. All I remember is using it for plastic dolls cutlery when me and my sister played house. Sometime much later I remember buying and fixing the little brass knobs as before that the only way to get the drawers open was to tip them out. The key is even older and it came from the very old wattle and daub cottage we renovated in 1983. The key lives in the drawers along with random foreign and old coins, fuses and picture hooks.It deserves being used for something better.

Here's something much younger. This little fella crashed into the window as I stood here making a cuppa. It clung on - stunned - long enough for me to go and get my camera and take this picture.

I'm surprised we didn't have more crashes because our neighbour is away, her feeders must be empty and all the blue tits in Knodishall are round at our place eating us out of house and home!

Col didn't sit outside to do the RSPB Garden Bird watch as he did in 2015 but watched from 3 different windows and over the hour saw 

Blue tit 30+

Great Tit 30+

Coal Tit 2

Longtail Tit 6

Greenfinch 2

Chaffinch 12

Goldfinch 9

 Redpoll 2

Blackbird 8

Field fare 2

Wren 6

Robin 4

Dunnock 2

Green Woodpecker 1

Greater Spotted woodpecker 3

Collard Dove 2

Pigeon 6

Jay 1

Magpie 2

Kestrel 1

Sparrow hawk 1

Pheasant 1

Jackdaw 2

Rook 2

Carrion Crow 6

Today the garden is much quieter so our neighbour must be home and has re-filled all her feeders.

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