Duck and Duckettes

 I came round the corner into my lane, and here I found a mother duck with a gaggle of little duckettes. Had to herd them gently with the car and take photos once I was in the car park...

I hadn't seen a nest...

Roadkill series - time for some new ones...

Oily Feather

Paper

Shiny!

Fingers Crossed

and Cheerios

 

Cat Getting Old

 She sleeps in the sun, quite happy, but has a tendency to make little puddles when she has her not-infrequent fits

Appetite still good, but back legs unreliable... Feels familiar...

Meanwhile, my Japanes silks from kimono rejects are ghostly in the sunshine

And, cleaning out the bird feeders, I found this little garden thriving where the seeds have got damp

New Hat number 1

Double Boxed

Perhaps one is inadequate...

 

And five o'clock sunset..

Glorious, but not warm

 

Red Sky In The Morning

And gulls in a row...

Snowy here, and stonkingly cold... Brr, fire time

 

One paw....

....lightly sticking out. She's in doormat mode...

 

As she means to go on...

On the compost bin...

OCP for the New Year, have a good one...

 

Word for The Year 2023...

 ...is UNCOVER

As the house has developed strata of a singularly archeological character...

Happy New Year!

Sunrise

Either I was up earlier, or the sunrise was