Hedgerow House is Back in Business

Yesterday morning we woke up to a familiar, though detested, smell. Coming up through the heating duct was the distinctive odour of a skunk. From time to time we get them in our neighbourhood. This was very intense and very close. I walked round the back yard and in the alley but no sign of the creature. Fortunately by the time I returned from work, the smell had gone.



Hedgerow House is back on my Christmas card list. The hedge was in fine form this morning, adorned with with some kind of mat, a pair of shorts and a number of knives and forks. I attach a picture for your viewing pleasure.

The weather is fantastic today - warm and blue skies. I've got a bit carried away and set up the hummingbird feeder. Wildly optimistic I know, but we'll see if they turn up. The other feeders are doing a rattling good business with lots of little feathered visitors. The odd starling turns up, the beasts, but I put up with them because I enjoy seeing the chickadees and finches so much.