We've had some new visitors to the garden this year including a pair of grey wagtails and a pair of blackcaps.
The video is of one of the wagtails taken a couple of weeks ago.
A pair of great tits have nested and are very busy zooming in and out of the bird box feeding their chicks.
Other residents/visitors (in order of arrival one day) include: Goldfinches, Wood pigeons, Collared doves, Blackbirds, Starlings, Robins, Wrens, Jackdaws, Pigeons, Blue tits, House sparrows, Dunnocks, Crows, Magpies, Chaffinches, Greenfinches.

They are lovely and the bird song is beautiful - but they leave so much poop!

It all adds up! What are the missing numbers?

Not much coming in from poeple - I hope you're all too busy enjoying your gardens and lovely weather.
So here's something uplifting from "Voices of Hope" to keep you going.

For our family games/quiz night we had a preliminary challenge "take a photo of an inanimate object that looks like you".
This was my effort (pretty good I thought).
... The book is Mrs Beeton's, the page - what to do with leftovers - topical n’est ce pas?
I was quietly confident.

I was outraged to be allocated 3 place out of 4.
Disgruntled? well certainly NOT gruntled.

With apologies to Richard Osman and his House of Games.
One letter has been changed in each of the following song titles - what is the correct title?.

1. Staying Olive - The Bee Gees
   
2. Angle - The Rolling Stones
3. Moan Dance - Van Morrison
4. Soy To The World - Three Dog Night
5. Toe Of The World - The Carpenters
6. Isn’t She Lonely? - Stevie Wonder
7. You’re My Pest Friend - Queen
8. Thank God I’m A Country Bot - John Denver
9. Brick Mouse - The Commodores
10. Crocodile Sock - Elton John
11. Shame Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
12. Gong Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
13. Don’t Stop Till You Pet Enough - Michael Jackson
14. Too Mush, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
15. A Horse With No Game - America
16. More Than A Feeding - Boston
17. Play That Gunky Music - Wild Cherry
18. Torch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
19. I Want You To Pant Me - Michael Jackson
20. Hovel California - The Eagles
21. New York State Of Wind - Billy Joel
22. Sweat Home Alabama - Lynrd Skynrd
23. Get Mown Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band

Answers below.

Just saw a news report about the stresses and strains of self isolation. It reported that people are going crazy from being in lockdown!
It was strange, actually, because I had just been talking about this with the microwave and toaster and all of us agreed that things are getting bad. I didn't mention anything to the washing machine as she always has to put a different spin on everything, and certainly not to the fridge as he is acting cold and distant.
In the end the iron calmed me down. She said everything will be fine, which surprised me because she’s usually the first one to apply unnecessary pressure and get steamed up over nothing !!!
I have spoken with the taps about your situation, they were very hot and cold on the subject, and the vacuum cleaner said it sucks.
... The curtains were closed on the subject and the carpet was just filthy.

Stay sane and safe!

Found this on the internet - you may have seen it already.
Reflections of the Virus

1. Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half with a drinking problem
   
2. I used to spin that toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune, now I turn it like I'm cracking a safe
3. I need to practice social distancing with the fridge.
4. I still haven't decided where to go for a holiday - the living room or the bedroom
5. Every few days, try your jeans on just to make sure they still fit. Pyjama's will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.
6. I don't think anyone expected when we changed the clocks, we'd go from Standard Time to the Twilight Zone
7. This morning, I saw my neighbour talking to her dog again. It was obvious she thought her dog understood her. When I got back into the house, I told my cats and we laughed.
8. My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee, it cleans the toilet.
9. I'm so excited it's time to take out the rubbish. What should I wear?
10. I hope the weather is good tomorrow for my trip to "Puerto Backyarda" cos I'm getting real tired of "Los Livingroom"
11. Classified ad: Single man with toilet paper seeks woman with hand sanitizer for good clean fun
12. Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under....!!

Be Safe my dear friends

Kind regards,
Stephen