September in Norfolk (England)

Nicely written blog.
Well done !
Good to know you have so very many sparrows :o)

Lovely blog ponty here in the south east its so dry, still having to water. We seem to have a resident pheasant too lately who calls loudly every afternoon to round up his ladies?

I remember the sparrows chattering like mad at dusk when I was a kid, at my grandpa's house. They are incredibly noisy and they do, as you say, suddenly do a full stop, as if someone's blown a whistle. Haven't heard that for years though - here in the south I've not seen a sparrow for some time - plenty of dunnocks, but not proper sparrows. Glad to hear they're in plentiful supply up there though.

Good blog Ponty...no shortage of feathered friends in your garden then! We have plenty of starlings too...they are great to watch squabbling & chattering together. As you say they suddenly all fly up as one...does one of them shout 'NOW!'??!!

Runners are my fave too...I can eat a big plate of them with butter or gravy!! Enjoy your apples & veg...you deserve it!

The starlings were blamed for a power outage here: must have been a synchronized landing on the electrical wires. The laurel have such good cover and berries for the birds, don't they?

As a fellow Norfolkian I can also say the lack of rain has been a complete disaster, for the gardens. Is it the sparrows that create those clouds of changing shapes in the skies and then all swoop into the trees?

I love watching that so so beautiful

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No Mookins, that's the starlings and Norfolk's a fantastic county to see that

thats brilliant hubby and I used to watch them quite often before we had Cody.

just amazing

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Bob Flowerdew is a Norfolkian too, I'll bet he has a way of saving water. I really enjoyed your blog. Like you I too enjoy Apple crumble but last spring I went on a diet to lose two Stone, I did and am back to 12 stone where I was 35 years ago so no more crumbles for me. ooow but I do miss them.

Is he the chap with the very long plait?

Mmmm apple crumble and hot custard
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Surely you can have a crumble occasionally, Heron? If you use ground almonds in the topping, you need much less fat... but my favourite's rhubarb crumble

Mmmm Rhubarb crumble acidic against the sweet
my mouth is watering hehe

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I dunno what's the matter with me - this is the second thing I've talked about food on tonight - must be the winter coming on, seems to be all I can think about!

hehe
I always pack on the pounds over winter and not just at Christmas. i just non stop eat!
Mmmm mince pies and cream?
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Oh, stop it ....;-)))

hahaha

sorry its mean, dont want you having to pop out this late at night for a fix hehe

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I won't have to - I've just eaten roast chicken, acorn squash, parnsips, potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, stuffing, beans and broccoli, followed by, ta da, a Frys chocolate cream!

wow that sounds delicious Acorn squash!!

my goodness one chocolate that Im not keen on! was it orange plain or mint?
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Plain, delicious. The acorn squash was really nice- roasted it in chunks under the meat, much nicer than butternut squash.
Apologies Ponty, seem to have digressed somewhat on your blog.

Think nothing of it Bamboo. I haven’t laughed so much for ages. From Autumn in Norfolk to Bob Flowerdew to apple crumble, a complete roast chicken meal with parsnip, garlic etc and Frys Chocolate cream to Acorn Squash. It had me thinking about Les Dawson gossiping over the garden wall! lol

Oh yes, I can see him now playing that role... Can I assure you, though, that I don't drop my voice and mouth the "ruder" bits I say 'em out loud. Having said that, not sure if its a good thing or not....