I created this recording last night of the frog, bird and insect sounds in the wetlands behind our home – tonight the frogs got much louder, don’t know what the trigger was but they were impressive (and presumably they’ll get louder still in the weeks ahead!):
That young Heron is growing fast!
I finally got “brave” enough to give my new MINI a wash – after only a couple hundred miles so far, and garaged, she’s not very dirty; but it was time anyway. Washing the frozen paint was easy enough – MINI advises to use their own car shampoo, and of course not polish! They also ban micro-fiber cloths, but I had a pseudo chamois for drying.
Sadly, the dried paint shows a number of water spots:
Looking back through my earlier pictures, there were similar water spots even when it was delivered; I’m going to have to figure out a way to remove them, and avoid them in future.
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I noticed for the first time this morning, that the big Heron nest out in the middle of the wetland now has baby birds in it, as well as a parent! We’ve been wondering, as the parent bird mostly stands in the nest now – but today I got a sure glimpse of one, and perhaps two, babies …
M&I / GBMINI 