Hi I know I do not often just talk to everyone, yet it has been known. Maybe I am frightened to be me in case I am not good enough or just plain boring. But tonight here goes!
Yesterday I was out all day shopping for my , as yet unborn grandchild. I went with a friend luckily or I would of just bought one of everything I saw ! I was like a child in a sweet shop. Anyway after much thought and lot of visits to lots of shops we ended up in the shop we started in and bought a “Baby grow bag” yup it is called a “baby grow bag” It is actually a sort of sleeping bag that does up at the neck and the bottom! 2.5tog would you believe then I bought a pair of navy trousers 6mths to 9months … honest, a navy and white knitted hoody , a navy and white hoody with a red lining, two bibs that match the grow bag and a first pair of shoes!
Shopping for the unborn newbie
It does not look much but it was bought with love and care , hopefully it will not be the last things I will buy. The funny thing is shopping has never been something that I enjoy but yesterday I really enjoyed myself.
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Today has been a really strange day I am still way behind with all your amazing posts but I do promise I am wading through them and will read all of them!
This morning started well but then while my hubby was out on his walk I hear a terrible commotion in the garden. The Magpies were going berserk. I rushed downstairs and into the kitchen looking out of the window I saw that the sparrow hawk had a pigeon and was viciously attacking it.
I charged out into the garden shout at the hawk to “get ” but it was not afraid of me . I ran right up to it and stamped the ground. The darn bird reared up at me and arched it’s wings over the pigeon. I tried for about 5mins to save the pigeon. Then exhausted upset and crying I had to give up. At some point the sparrow hawk left leaving behind a seriously wounded pigeon on the lawn. ( the picture below is taken from the net to show you all what it looks like)
Hubby returned , he has a great love of all animals and really he should of been a Buddhist, honestly he would not knowingly harm a fly. He was horror struck , we did not know what to do for the best. Unfortunately the bird was not dead, I say unfortunately because it must of been in great pain. “What shall I do” ask hubby well I told I knew what we should do but neither of us was capable of doing that.
We ended up covering it with a box to protect it and help it rest and maybe recover. Then our middle son came round for a visit and we had coffee and I cooked him some breakfast, while I was doing that the sparrow hawk returned , swine, looking for it’s meal. Thank goodness we had it protected under the box.
After much discussion and searching on Google ( by Hubby) it was decided to box up the pigeon put the box in the old cat carrier and take it to a bird rescue center near us. ( it actually said ‘we are bird friendly’ I had to go to town to do a few things so hubby went on his own .
When I got home from town I found hubby and middle son deep in discussion . The lady at the rescue had said she would give the pigeon some painkiller ( thank goodness) and then take it to the vets. It was all dependent on if the wounds would heel . Hubby gave them the cat carrier, they seemed delighted about that and he also gave them a donation. He said there were lots of birds there including a large Raven who had been a hairs width from his ear at one point! So we can ring in a week or so to see if our guy survives. I like to think that as he survived a prolong attack, being under a box for a couple of hours , being handle and then driven to the rescue and he was still alive I think the little guy will make it. I think he wants to live.
So it is fingers crossed that pigeon survives, and fingers crossed I have not bored you all to death or sleep. Tomorrow is another day starting with Pilates and hopefully sometime to spend on wordpress. Be well be happy and be patient with me.
Love willow xxxx
