Flash!

No, I haven't bought myself a flash yet. But Miles did. And he let me have a little play with it. Very little play, as I was very tired after spending all day in a Business Link seminar.



Zeb with his Moose.



I will definitely get myself a flash, too! Very soon.

Duck!

There are just a few ducks in the tiny fishing lakes we "found" the other day...






"Mmmm... dinner..."






Back in our garden, there's bickering at the coconut.



"Mmmm... dinner...."






Zebedee looking like he really really wants me to give him one of those birds to play with.

First coconut visitors!

The other day I bought a hollow coconut filled with bird treats to attract some birds into my garden. Here are some of the first ones to arrive on the scene:

Stanmer Park

Some photos from Stanmer Park this morning. There aren't many trees yet in autumn colours - you have to look for them.



Sometimes you get the whole range of green to yellow to red in one tree.

Halloween!

So who's ready for trick or treating?



For the record, I never used to think for a second that I'd be one of those people who dress their pet up in costume. Oh, well.

Pebble beach

Because I have to restrict Zebedee's exercise to "normal" walking and a little running (no playing with other dogs, no chasing bunnies nor squirrels), I decided to go for a walk by the sea this morning. Click on the image to see a bigger version.



I may have to use this place for walks for the next four weeks. Not that I'm complaining!

In the evening we went back to the beach.






It was low tide, and Zebedee was excited about the sandy beach. (The sand part is only exposed during low tide - other times we only have pebble beaches in this part of the English south coast.)

Jay

My bird theme continues. When I stepped onto the street this morning, I saw a jay on the other side of it. It was a very cold morning, almost freezing, and it took me a while to get the long lens on my camera -- by which time the jay had moved further up the street... But I followed. And Zebedee tagged along. (Well, he had no choice.) The jay flew from one tree/bush to another, never staying in one place for more than a second. I followed its every move with my huge lens. I got some strange looks from passers by - they probably thought I was a mad stalker taking photos of someone in their bedroom. I finally got a shot of the jay, but not a great one. But as it is my first time to see a jay in England, I'm posting it.



I've decided I'm going to have to find a place to hang a bird feeder in my garden.