Time Flies At Yew Court

The other day I was thinking how time flies and that it has now been over 3 years since I moved to Yew Court from London.

I remember it was such a culture shock to me when I first moved here as I had lived in London for most of my life and I found it so different. It was different in a good way but it still took a lot of getting used.

When I was living in London I had suffered from back problems and used to see an Osteopath in London. So one of the first things I did when I moved here was to get on my computer and do a Google search for Osteopath Ipswich.

The thought of finding another Osteopath was a bit scary as I had been used to the same person for a long time. It was the same with finding a new Doctor and Dentist etc and trying to find people who I felt happy with.

Of course there were many wonderful new things that living at Yew Court brought me. Having a lovely selected garden was (and is) so unbelievably lovely and seeing all the garden birds and wild life in the garden. I used to have to keep pinching myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming!

One of the greatest pleasures for me and Richard is feeding wild garden birds and photographing them and simply just sitting in our lovely garden and watching their comical antics.

As for finding a new Osteopath in Ipswich - guess what, I never needed one in the end as my back has been so much better since living at Yew Court. Work that one out!

Sea Gulls at Yew Court

When I'm in my garden at Yew Court, I often hear and see Sea Gulls flying overhead. Sometimes they can be very noisy as they screech and call to each other. Their cries sound almost human sometimes.

I love to see the sea gulls, I think they look very elegant. Often a lone seal gull glides serenely past, high up above in the sky.

Some days they are in large groups and I watch them as they circle and fly back and forth, calling and screeching.

Me and Richard love to take a walk and we usually see lots of Sea Gulls on the River. We live fairly near to the coast and the docks are nearby.

We see all types of Wild River Birds including an Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Canada Goose and of course lots of Swans and Mallards.

Richard loves to photograph the wild birds and even though I am not impartial, I think his photography is getting better and better every day. Some of his photographs are truly stunning!

You can see more of Richard's photographs at Digital Photography Shots.

Autumn at Yew Court

Here at Yew Court the summer has drawn to close and autumn is here. There weather is turning cooler, although we are still having some sunshine during the day. One of the things I love to do is feeding wild birds in the garden.

I love to watch the different variety of wild birds in the garden. We normally have blackbirds, starlings, sparrows, doves, robins, green finches, blue tits, great tits and cole tits. Also the occasional wood pigeon and sometimes a magpie. The magpies don't often come into the back garden, although I have noticed a few in the front garden.

Just lately we have began putting high energy fat balls out for the birds as well as the usual bird seed and nuts etc. The small birds really enjoy the fat balls, especially the blue tits and great tits. We normally put the fat balls in a cluster of 3 so they are easy for the birds to land on.

We have also had a young starling land on the fat balls to eat them. They are a bit on the large size but they usually manage ok. I really like starlings, they are so comical. This year we have had a family of starlings come to the garden for food. They usually come in a gang of about 7 or 6 youngsters. They strut around the lawn looking for insects after the rain and they also love to bathe in the water containers we have around the garden. They are very entertaining to watch.

I think feeding wild garden birds all year round is very important, especially during the harsh winter months when live food is scarce. I feel very privileged to have so many beautiful wild birds come and visit my garden.