Birds and wind

 The wild flowers that we planted when we were here last time have all come on again. Tony said he had asked Matea (She is the track manager) not to spray around it and she didn’t. Below is a goldfinch and a chaffinch which are both feeding off of the cornflower seeds. They are rather neat to watch from the kitchen window. In the 5th wheeler, my kitchen window looked out into the awning, so it's quite a treat to have a view instead.

Goldfinch

Chaffinch

We had a few showers during the week but it hasn’t been cold. It wasn’t a lot of rain and I doubt it has been a lot of use to the farmers.

We had a quiet day on Sunday when Eddie discovered old movies on Youtube, so we watched an old war movie called Hell boats. It was based on a true story about the Allies destroying a German base in Sicily where they stored glider bombs. It wasn’t too bad even though all the actors had impossible tans and the love story was a bit of a non event.

We were rudely awakened Sunday night just after midnight by a loud bang. We both thought that the awning had broken again, but the roof hatch in the living area had blown off. It had gotten windy in the night. We leave the hatches open a little at night when it is hot. If it had been windy when we went to bed, we would have shut them. (probably). Anyhow it was still in one piece on the ground,  which was a miracle as it is only made of perspex. Luckily it didn’t blow the other way and damage the solar panels. The bedroom one stayed on, so another bonus. Another one is on order. Eddie was able to put it back on and to make sure it stays in place, he has used duct tape to hold it secure.

Isn’t life exciting?