Wednesday.

This morning to early service, at which Ann served/deaconed (not sure which is correct, or the most correct- both are used). Later drove over to friend Terry's, took above photo of primroses growing on the dykeside giving on to her garden. Talking of giving, Terry has given Ann the below pictured kitchen sink in which she (Terry) has been growing alpines for some years. As we've such a tiny garden it's a lovely gift to use as a sort of raised bed for tinies (among which will be the small yew tree in a pot in front of the kitchen sink. I've been 'bonsai-ing' (if that's a good word) this tree for seven or eight (or ten) years now, which probably constitutes an offence of cruelty to trees. Still it looks healthy and hearty). Had coffee and cake with Terry then reafixed a cut glass 'dangly' which had come off her Victorian table lamp. Bent wire job, but not obviously so.
This afternoon Ann went out to a Mothers' Union 'Cat Hanging' in the Guildhall. Ann's father always used that word to describe any sort of get together or 'do', the function of which he was not sure, so that 'some cat hanging' could mean anything from the Parochial Church Council to a protest meeting. Good useful word. Not sure of its origin though I seem to remember a poem about a Scottish Church cat that had sinned in some way and been hung. Very vague though.
Must stop waffling and get on with some work now. I wish you all a good night. Mike.

Reopen this blog to tell of incident during breakfast, when Ann spotted three very unusual small birds on the bird feeder. They were mostly green and yellow with black above and below the beak. Beautifully marked, somewhere between a greenfinch and a goldfinch (but without the red). Couldn't get to the camera in time, but when I checked the book they were, by a process of elimination, siskins. We'd never seen one before, but book states they are becoming more common along the east coast.