Too Many Constricts

 Thursday, June 10

None of them important, all of them essential. The daily grind of medical appointments, and domestic happenings, that play havoc with leisure time. Dentist, Chiropodist, and Eye Clinic achieved, this morning's visit to Boots Eye Care in Norwich should have completed the set. No, an ear needs syringing - never had that problem before - so more appontments to be made. Ear first, then Boots again - after returning from a week in Wales. In between, a phone call from the doctor, medical review, blood test etc time. Good to know that I am being cared for!.

Domestics. The good bits. A Four-spotted Chaser spent most of yesterday whipping around the garden, or resting on top of a pond Iris. 

 

This alpine beauty made an appearance to-day. Very long, thin, stems. The label has faded.

 

Not so good. The dishwasher gave up, the wrong model, a built-in, was delivered. My fault for naively thinking that asking Which for the best free standing model would only give me those results. Wrong. One lives and learns.  The correct one was delivered and installed on Tuesday. 

This morning, the microwave died. It owes us nothing. It must be at least fifty years old and still looks like new. Only used for basics such as defrosting, jacket potatoes, and heating frozen food, but used virtually daily. We are not a Ping, dinner's ready, household, nothing wrong with that though.

Notes

A young Tawny Owl perched on the apex of our roof, making its high pitched, 'come and feed me' squeaks.

Pam saw a Green Woodpecker fly away from the hedge, near to where there is an occupied nestbox. Do they predate, Great Spotted do.

The Echium, a biennial first bought on Tresco, Isles of Scilly, are in flower. Giant spikes rising well above the Hawthorn hedge, usually covered in insects. None this year.

 

 More than a dozen water lily flowers adorn our small pond, beautiful, but all encompassing.

 

A Broad-bodied Chaser made a short appearance to-day, until chased off by the Four-spotted.

A Great Tit had entered  one of our moth traps overnight, Pam released it at breakfast time.. The trap was littered with moth remains - and bird poo.

Roger Brownsword, a Cley moth-er, trapped a Glaucous Shears on Monday night. Mike brought it to Natural Surroundings for the group's thoughts. It has been accepted as a first for Norfolk. We trapped a couple on Mull in 2019.