Magpie on the loose

As you may know I just hate photos of me!!! The camera never lies, and I'm not good enough at photo shop to remove my wrinkles without making myself look like a clown, I know this because I have tried on more than one occasion! Anyway, here I am with Bruce the magpie, yes he still resides here, he just wont leave.
Bruce does not take kindly to other magpies flying into his patch, I guess he thinks hes a budgie, who knows? Each evening I pop the dogs in their kennels and let Bruce out of the aviary, he gets very excited and does circles of the house squawking merrily. If I'm out in the garden duing the day I let Bruce out and he just plays around beside me, he even follows me if I go walking! He flys a little and if he gets too far ahead of me he will land on the road and run along beside me. Bruce is quite a character. But he does not appear to like the rest of our family members and is beginning to swoop at them, and the odd visitor. I can see he is going to be quite a problem,

but I love him just the same.

Duck for tea

Tonight we had duck for tea. I am not a violent person and I do not squash spiders let alone shoot animals and I have always taught my children to respect and treat animals (and other people) kindly. However my boys are hunters!!! Don't know why they like hunting but it appears to be their passion just as mine is scrap booking!

Just for the record we will never eat these two ducks, they have been a part of our family for about ten years now and always, without fail leave little 'parcels' at my door step each morning!! Hmmm!!!!!