Jays, Harry, poppies etc.

I hadn't realised how long it was since I'd posted.  It's been quite an exciting week for me having reached my first anniversary since my mini gastric bypass.  I've lost 66.1 kilos and am very pleased with myself!  If you want to see details of my year then check out http://minigastricbypass2011.blogspot.com

This photo is a reflection of me in my sitting room window which is shadowed I presume because of the double glazing.  Strange how my black and white striped top appears to have blue stripes as well.

When I was driving through my local town last week I had to stop to take a photo of this cardboard heart tied to a down pipe at the crossroads.

I'm not sure whether it was for anything special or just a different way of doing the heart with arrow drawn on a wall or carved into tree bark.

The poppies in my garden have been wonderful again this year in spite of the rain.

I am saving seed as usual for me and friends.

I have a jay who has started coming to my bird table.  In fact yesterday there were two of them, but I couldn't get to my camera fast enough.

This one is of him on my oak tree on the driveway at the bottom of the garden.

This afternoon I went to Malgenac to collect a lovely timber garden table and chairs which I had won in a raffle last month.  There were wonderful wild flowers planted at the edge of the town which I couldn't just go past.

Harry, my newest cat, has settled in pretty well now, apart from a few spats with my girls, Daisy and Purrdy, and has taken to sneaking in behind my back while I am leaning forward using the laptop.  Here he is after I had given up trying to sit in my own chair.  He's a gorgeous boy and I already love him to bits.

And here he is lying on the windowsill which he has taken over from Alfie.

The rain has ruined most of the roses and I've had to prune them all, but managed to save one little spray from against the pergola, which I brought in to finish opening indoors.

The hedgerows are clothed with bramble flowers and promises of lots of berries later this year - I can't wait.

Three things I like:

1.   Seeing the sunshine again after so much rain, and being able to read outside.
2.   Celebrating my first year anniversary of my mini gastric bypass.
3.   Collecting some free roofing felt and tacks for my hen house from a generous person.