There Were No Foxes,

first thing this morning,

but the crows soon made their presence known,

they always try to get, 

the very last peanut,

they all do,

got it!

another pile of nuts, 

nearly all gone, 

then the fox arrived,

so peanuts on the ground, 

which attracted the magpies and the crows, 

I was still fascinated, 

by the youngster, 

this years fledgling, 

with the white colouration on his wings, so I took all of the above today, it was soon time for my Saturday afternoon film, so the newest, 

The Bounty, of the three films I have just watched depicting the mutiny this it appears is the closest to what really happened, as an aside I read this article about the mutiny, if you have time grab a coffee, it is interesting read, which brought me nicely up to my evening, 

read and sherry, one of the many things I enjoy about reading Private Eye is a small feature called 'Number Crunching' this from the latest issue, 

how do people come to be in jobs like these? they were never offered ay my careers talk in the last year at school!

never mind, 'Cheers!', on to my evening film, a scary dairy, 

The Mist, from one reviewer: 

"This is one of the most heart breaking and depressing horror movies I have ever witnessed. I still have trouble stomaching the ending. The characters and acting were great and creatures were creepy. This is definitely not for the faint of heart".

and that sums it up quite well, after which Diana arrived home, so feet up for a coffee and a chat, as we settled down to a Midsomer Murder, 2 hours later we were off to bed.

After Dropping Diana Off At 04.00AM This Morning,

later as I was typing the blog,

the fire door company arrived today to finish the job, lots of tools, 

all set, and the outside door surround was fitted, as well as the inside work being made good, all of the exposed screw holes plugged, all was well except for one thing, the fitter did not have any varnish/stain with him, he asked me at my expense to go to B&Q and buy some varnish/stain and a brush and do it myself!

so a bare wood door surround as opposed to the door, worse still,

 he had no idea as to whether I should buy a stain or a varnish or indeed what colour to buy!

so I have asked the coordinator to approach the company to finish the job, I have to say I along with other residents have found this company to be appallingly bad, but, as it was only one of two that can issue a fire certificate that the building insurance company insists on we had to go with them, on to the rest of my morning before I picked Diana up from work, the one of the foxes and crows arrived for their peanuts, 

her tail is now getting so bushy, I guess she is now in her winter coat,

and here is the crow, it looks quite nice as it happens compared to the coal black normal ones, I picked Diana up from work and as she was a tad tired had a few ZZZZZ's, for myself the second DVD from,  

Mutiny on the Bounty, which I enjoyed, when Diana was awake we were out for our evening meal, 

into the park and then on to a number 354 bus to Bromley,

a short walk along the High Street and we were here, at the Sanxia Renjia Fitzrovia Chinese restaurant,

well I just had to! 

inside we had the place pretty much to ourselves, 

we started with some complementary prawn crackers,

we ordered a couple of starters, sesame seed covered prawns on toast, with chilli spare ribs,

 the portions were huge, 'Cheers!',

on to our main courses, Diana ordered a sizzling beef dish, 

for myself a portion of roast duck, plus egg fried rice and a bowl of beansprouts,

again the portions were huge, 

another 'Cheers!', of course, we were full to bursting,

and then a nice touch, 

a half diced orange for each of us, the food delicious and lots of it, the bill came £109.00, eating out is not cheap any more! Arriving home it was feet up for a Have I Got A Bit More News For You, after which Diana was off to bed, for myself a Bangers & Cash before I too was off to bed.

I Decided To Play With The Fujifilm Camera First Thing,

I put on the 120mm macro lens, 

in the distance, a sort of nice happening, 

a group of ring necked parrots seem to be looking for somewhere to nest, nice to look at, but the noise from one of their nest sites is not pleasant at all,

the fox called by, 

and then a second one arrived, 

and a regular but unusual guest, a crow, this years hatchling, 

he visits almost every day, but he has strange markings on his wings, if you look carefully you can see a white patch, 

but it is not just a patch,

each wing has a almost symmetrical,

white marking, 

I managed to take a few photographs, 

as he came into land, 

dodging the foxes, after which I printed to two prints I was going to print yesterday, 

these two, 

will be entered into the November print competition, as it happens I will be in Thailand or the Philippines when it takes place, so I will ask one of the club members to enter them for me, next out to the front garden, 

on our last trip to Coolings, we had bought a armful of daffodils and crocus to plant, 

we had borrowed a fork and spade from Kai, so let the digging commence! I do not have a clue about planting them, so I dug several holes, placed a few bulbs in each and watered them, 

covered them over and watered them again, I have a feeling they will not do well, the soil was a dry as a desert, and not a single sign of a worm, not a good sign, but there it is, I will pop out tomorrow and give them a water, inside a wash and brush up, just in time for my evening meal, I then decided on a film as there was not much on the usual television, having just watched the 1935 version of Mutiny on the Bounty, I decided to watch the 1962 version with Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard, so feet up for, 

Mutiny on the Bounty, as it happens the movie was on 2 discs, I watched the first one then waited for a call from Diana, she was stopping off at Kai's on the way home, but then a surprise, Diana walked through the door, Kai had given her a lift home, so a coffee and a chat as we settled down to watch, 

 the Brothers Grimm, in which two brothers who trade in deceit by pretending to remove spirits and ghosts from towns are put to the test when a real situation develops, we watched it about half way through then Diana was off to bed, a 05.00AM start today, and then tomorrow even worse, a 04.00AM start! for myself a Have I Got A Bit More News For You, before I too was off to bed.