Thursday 9 February 2017

A Treereeper frozen in time


This Treecreeper was in the Damson tree yesterday.  It stayed absolutely still, just blinking, for about 5 minutes.  I see them feeding in the apple tree out in the front garden, but have never seen it so close to or still for so long before.  Such a pretty wee bird.


I began the evening meal after breakfast yesterday.  I had a red onion which needed using up, got a small bag of chopped peppers from the freezer, half a courgette which had definitely got USE ME on it, a tin of chopped tomatoes, freshly ground black pepper, and a pinch of basil, and voila, enough topping for two pizzas (which do me four meals, as Keith doesn't eat pizza) and some topping left over in a bowl in the freezer.  The stove was on all day, so perfect for bread dough rising in the late afternoon.

I had cooking bacon to use up too, so made a big pan of Minestrone soup which will do me for lunches for several days.  It was a nasty raw cold yesterday and didn't encourage any staying out of doors, so gardening was off, and I didn't fit in a walk as I was busy cooking and also painting the Back Place walls, which desperately needed it.


These were this week's bargains from the Free Book Shop (I donated £1 each).  I collect books about Hardy and his work so these leapt into my hands - I hadn't come across either of them before.  They are from the 1980s so I dare say the rhetoric has moved on a bit since then. The Charlotte Bronte book is . . . different . . . here she is cast as a murderess so this should be a bit of fun!

Right, I need to get back to checking out lots at the auction . . .

9 comments:

  1. I hadn't appreciated how stunning the tree creeper was- it doesn't surprise me as most of the LBJs are. They just don't stay still long enough to look at them properly!Lovely photo.
    Arilx

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    1. Me neither - SUCH pretty colouring. I have a juvenile Siskin feeding with parents, and that doesn't show much yellow yet but has such pretty morse code dashes on its upper chest and close to wings.

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  2. I've never seen a treecreeper still either, always spiralling up the tree

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    1. Hah - wonder what happens if they meet the Woodpecker coming backwards DOWN the same branch?!

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  3. Brilliant photo - in the right place at the right time is the trick I guess. I think I saw a treecreeper once for about a second then it vanished round the back of an apple tree and not seen again.
    Went to look at auction place yesterday - saw a big old oak coffer and thought of you!! Which sounds rather strange now I come to write it down!

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  4. No Sue, that's fine, us and coffers go together! They are wonderful when a viewing is due and you have lots of "stuff" which needs to be hidden . . .

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  5. I saw one here this week two. I love them. Hope all's well with you x

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  6. Bitterly cold, CT - bird feeders being topped up as soon as they are empty (when we are here that is - otherwise we do them the second we get back). Lots of visitors to them, needless to say. I now have a complete Siskin family on the Damson tree feeder - mama, papa and two juveniles.

    Gearing up for the next house viewing now . . .

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  7. Beautiful little bird.
    Good luck with the viewing !

    cheers, parsnip

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