Spingtime

I think it's fair to say that spring has arrived -over the weekend, we spent some time in the garden clearing away the rubbish from winter. Leaves from last autumn, now morphed into dark purple mush by [1] the dreadful snow of December, [2] the garden flood of Christmas/New Year caused by a pipe becoming disconnected in the outside bog while we were away in the far east, which left the whole back garden under 4 inches of water and [c] my general indolence. Also, the Barby which hasn't moved [or been cleaned] since last used late in September. Plus, removing all of the shrubs and plants murdered by the winter weather.
Still, the garden is now "tidy".
Plus, the garden birds are now arriving at the feeding station on the apple tree. A pair of blackbirds are nest building in the monster Ivy/Holly leaf mass, and a pair of tree creepers have set up home behind the ivy. Which is nice. There are some blue tits, great tits, thrushes, sparrows and starlings around and it's nice watching them all grabbing a feed and gassing to eachother in the trees.
Managed a direct hit on the tabby cat from three houses up on Sunday morning [twatted him with an ash tray] so hopefully he will not be re-visiting soon.
Finally, we have cleared the water fountain of dead leaves and rancid water and got it going again with clear, fresh water for the birds to have a nice bath.
Phil Pellow, News at Ten, Crosby.