woody wood pecker show

Oooh well done you great shots San. Mu hubby will be well jealous he goes to various areas following their noise but never seems to catch a shot of them hehe
hes lovely.

x x x

Hope you are feeling better and didnt do yourself any damage taking these lovely photos.He is a really bonny looking bird.

fab blog,Sanbaz.i would love to see a woodpecker in my garden,great photos.

am sure its a good luck sign or similar when theres a woodpecker in your garden? will have to try and remember what it is

x x x

thanx jen,, hope hubby gets a shot soon :o), good luck would be great, hope your right jen x
thankyou mavis im alot better today doesnt hurt so much, getting my buzz bach :o)
cheers suey wasnt it a bit of luck, normally would have been at work today, its made my day :o))

Great pics Sanbaz he looks a really cheeky chap.
Hope you are steadily improving. You are working when you're having a cuppa and a cig. You are doing the all important bit of gardening - sitting back enjoying the fruits of your labours

thanx pipsqueak, when you put it like that, lol,it is nice to sit and watch sometimes, take it all in :o))

Glad your'e feeling better after your op. just take your time. fancy having a woodpecker that close you are lucky.I've heard one in our woods but have never seen it.

WoW San, How lucky are you? Congrats on being able to get these brill photos, being able to sit back in your garden and for getting better. Lol Hope your much better soon! :~)))))

thanx tulsalady, yes i had seen it once very briefly but this time i got chance to watch him more clearly :o)
lol ian, thanx friend,, im alot better today, can move better hehe, glad you like the wood pecker :o))

He's brill San, but not like the one in the cartoons! ! ! :~))

Wonderful photos, Sandra....
Well done in getting these fab pics, and risking your splitting your stitches.! Lol.

lol Terra and thankyou glad you like them :o))
no not like the one in cartoon ian lol

What great photo's Sanbaz. I would have been ecstatic to see a Woodpecker in the garden, no wonder you had to get out and take photo's.
I'm glad you are recovering, but I didn't know you had had an op. All the best.

Briliant San know just how you feel I was so excited when I had a male and female visitig for about three, always knew when they were on the way by their cries, hope yours continue to visit they love fat balls, pleased to hear you are slowly recovering, just take your time and dont try to do too much!

Great pic Sanbaz what a treat - dont think I have ever seen one.

thankyou mad yes recovering from gallbladder op but doing great thanx, glad you like woody :o))
cheers carole i will be on the look out for him now, need to get some more fat balls when i can get out, baz went for the seed but forgot the fatballs lol, got a couple of jobs for joe when he`s home from college, just a few seedlings need potting on and a couple of plants :o))
thanks Drc this year was the first time i had seen one in the flesh so to speak, wonderfull colours :o)

He he you can now show evidence to Baz men huh lol , lovely blog and great pictures of the little fellow, he's got such a cute little face too, can see why they are you favourite, I know how you feel about the tree I have one overhanging my garden from the church and you don't only get the leaves but the seeds too which every spring have to pick out less I would end up with a forest for a garden. Get yourself a leaf blower to suck them up, thats what I m going to do.

glad you enjoyed the blog morgana, isnt he cute,, and think your right about the leaf blower, may invest in one, and seeds,, its a nightmare isnt it picking them out all over the place.

It is I have got about 12 trees to clean up after from the church yard both back and front, so I think I will now get a blower as my kids don't like gardening.

glad i dont have all them trees morgana, enough with 4 of them lol

Fantastic Sandra , we can hear them in the trees on the other side of the field but have only once seen one in the garden .. keep resting , you will get better quicker , I'm pleased that something exciting happened to cheer you up :o)

thanx amy, im being good today, in bed watching tv and on here while baz paints the lounge :o))

:o) yes I think your right as I have 7 black bags just from the sweepings of my back path sitting on the patio and this is just the start there are loads left on the trees, can't empty them into the bin as that is full of the previous leaves have to wait till they empty the bin now, I know Spritz said keep for leaf compost but I would nt see my garden for bags as its only small, I will only keep a few .

was going to say about the black gold lol, at least you can keep some, the bins do fill very quickly dont they, im waiting for mine to be emptied, takes a day to fill them 2 weeks to wait grrr

Well done on getting the Woody shots Sandra. Whenever one comes to my garden, it's off like a shot at the slightest movement, even from indoors. Just what the Doc ordered eh? Hope you'll be up and 'running' soon. x

Yes then here we have now 3 bins one to put recycle stuff in and we have to wash all containers bottles cans etc out wasting water, they say enviromentaly freindly wasting water ugh . then from Novemeber on wards to April they dont empty the compost bins what a laugh,

I wash the recycling stuff at the end of the normal washing up Morgana. I do use a dishwasher but there's always a few bits that need hand washing and worktops to be washed over so I do that once a day plus the plastics/cans etc so same water gets even more use!!

thanx lily yes soon be running lol
we still get our composs bins emptied all year morgana, so they are saying you shouldnt do garden in them months,, joke, we are surpose to wash out bottles etc but i dont and wont, why should we its their job to do this not ours, what do they get paid for,,

Thank you Lily2 for that, goodness knows how much washing up a family of 6 would have then lol.I wish I had a milk man like years ago where it was in bottles and they came and rewashed and recycled, I think we have gone back wards not forewards, not packaging like to day, more rats rome our street which they no longer can kill through fast food outlets with people dumping their left overs on the streets. I am pleased I try and buy my food like my mum use to fresh and cooked not ready made micro wave meals with all this packageing, which increases you to put the weight on, as proven on a tv programe.

im like you morgana i buy fresh never prepacked meals i hate them, home cooking in this house ;o))

Brill photo and blog, just be carefull what your doing.

It works out cheaper to Sandra don't need to re top up on sauces etc I eat a lot of fish more than meat, I got 3lb of belly pork which will last me 5 days, 3 days of liver then I buy now and do a welsh lamb strew which will last me 5 days in summer I alter this with salad , then I buy pack of 4 salmon 12 fish in batter, mince which I get 8 lots of dinners out of 2 chicargo pittzas which altogether comes to 25 00 which last me over a month then all I have to do is add veg and potatoes.

thats good morgana, i try to save on food but its all so expensive, even tesco and asda arent cheap anymore, we eat alot of fish and chicken, not alot of red meat not good for my tum, i love fresh veg and salads, also pasta, where do you shop for meat and fish

I normally get it off a meat van which I know its all british meat called D&R meats, they have wagons go all over the place even travel up north from here to, the go on the carboots , you could get a large box of bacon for 1.00 or a large pork roll joint and 20 pork boneless chops for 15.00 packs of cumbrian sausage about 12 sausages for 1.00 I got 12 lamb chops, half of pork roll joint 2 packets of bacon I large beef joint and packet of cumbrian sausage and 10 pork chops for 20.00 once, I just split between me and my kids. for a 5.00 you can get a carry a bag full of chicken legs there is about 20 in a bag.

oh yes we get one of them vans here morgana, is the meat good then, ive never bourght of him but thought about it lots of times, seems really cheep to, i watch him at work when at the carboot

Depends who it is I stick to D&R meats as I know of the bloke who owns it.my x boyfriends son use to work the vans and cut the meats he's pally with the bloke who owns it.

i will check it out when better, thanx morgana :o)

You will soon see how good their meats are look out for regulars see if they come back each week to buy or ask one who is buying the meats they will tell you, I always ask if it british meat a lot is as I wont buy foreign meat as they don't hang their cattle long enough, so if you see red meat and its really red you know its foreign like up in leeds butches our meat should look pale, if you push your finger in a joint of meat and it spings back its fresh if it leaves a dent its old meat.

ok thanx morgana i wouldnt have known that,, cheers :o)

Your welcome:o) neither did I a old woman in Bradford meat market once when I was visiting my daughter was pokeing the meat, me I ll talk to any one, so I said what are you pokeing the meat for, she replied to see if its fresh and told which was which in new and old meat, my mother told me about the red in meat as I commented in Leeds market how red the mince was she said don't touch it its forigein and explained they don't hang their meat as long as we do, and it makes better tasteing, instead of all the blood still in side it.

Lovely blog Sandra, I'm thrilled he came along. I bet he was eating bugs off the tree. I hope he returns soon.

Yes Sandra, you'd better not climb Sycamore trees this early in your recovery.....Well perhaps just to halfway to get a closer shot of Woody!!!!! Mind you, I think we'd be more amused byb the picture of you shinning up a Sycamore!!! Tell Baz to get the camera out!!

guess it makes sence morgana, just shows we should always listen to mum :o))
thanx dawn yes joe asked why they peck at trees and i thought it was for bugs, cant think of any other reason can you :o)
lol paul it wouldnt be the first time ive climbed up one, in my last house myself and a neighbour(woman) cut down a sycamore on our own it was about 20ft or more in height, hard work but we couldnt afford a tree surgeon, mind you we had to repair the neighbours shed roof as we miss judged a branch which fell through oops lol, :o))

When they are making a nest in a dead tree they 'drum' - like a vibrating pecking but I dont think your's was doing that, lol.

Timber!!!!!!!!!!! Well done Sandra(and neighbour), I don't think I'd be brave enough to try! GALMI (Get a little man in!)

no it seemed like it was pecking for bugs dawn lol
lol paul, like i said never again :o)

I always thought they drum to make holes but I've since been told it's to attract a mate & the females do it too!!

How fab to get those shots Sandra...brilliant! Hope you're recovering well & taking it easy.xx

thanx for the info fluff i did wonder what the drumming holes was about, makes sence doesnt it, mind you think they would have a headache after that, lol
im doing ok fluff but keep getting told off for trying to do things :o(

Wood peckers drum on trees for communication, they peck the trees to get the termites for food, they make holes in order for them to house their young, home this tells you a bit about them.

You haven't been listening to Aunty Fluff then have you Sandra?! LOL!!
Thanks Morgana...I love woodpeckers!

amazing isnt it, must have very strong beaks to do this, wonderfull, thanx morgana :o)
lol sorry auntie fluff, i will behave tomorrow i promise :o)

Your both welcome maybe if it produces a hole you will have little ones in it.

i think it was looking for food morgana, and there are small woodland areas close where they probably do their nesting etc,, lots of trees and farms here near me, but still lovely if he pops in for dinner lol

Yes a lovely sight to see cheers you up and feel honered to have such a thing visit your garden.

;o)) yes i do morgana

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Love the pics San....never seen them in our garden though have seen them on the cemetery road....nearby my potential allotment!!!!.....they are wonderful to watch.....Glad to hear you are making a good recovery :))

thankyou amblealice, oh hope you get your allotment,, fingers crossed ;o), yes im starting to improve thanx

Lovely birds ..like PP not seen ours for a while either came quite often early spring ad loved the peanuts.

Glad this gave you such a lift Sandra .. forecast for the week end is quite good so hope you get some autumn sun to cheer you.

thanx ray, ive had a good day really, lots of rest then joe my son did some repotting with me. he filled the pots and i popped in the plants and seedlings,he also put the fleece on my growhouse and brushed up a few leaves for composs, so at least i was sat outside in the fresh air for a while,hope its sunny here to at weekend, :o))

Sounds a good lad Sandra flowers for you .. helping you plant and tidy up.

Got your PM San. been at a meeting all day and been watching masterchef I taped from last couple of nights - catching up on them!

WELL, how jealous am I.........? You might remember I saw one in our garden a couple of months ago but didn't have me good camera then, so NO pics.

YOU, however, have seeon one, photographed one and are now sharing it with us all.

Thanks......I think!! Seriously though, I'm chuffed for you as you've got some nice pics here and he was obviously aware that a certain someone needing a bit of lifting and so decided to pay you a visit.....had the desired effect methinks!! You'll have to keep an eye out daily now, just in case he reappears:0)

thankyou Dan he did cheer me up no end, i knew you would like him to, i will be keeping a look out from now on, hope he comes back ;o), ive been told they love fatballs so will have to get some more, baz got my seed but forgot the fatballs ;o( what can you say when he`s being so good looking after me :o)

You cant say much so you can shout get the fat balls lol

lol morgana, so funny, will ask him tomorrow when he pops to shops :o))

You can say.....You've been so good to me since I've not been well. I couldn't do it without you Baz. I loves you loads.....you do know don't you?..........WHERE'S MY FATBALLS!!!!!! We might lose the Woodpecker man.....!!!!!

LoL!! I'm sure he'll be back and when he does.....more photo's please!!

Hope you're feeling better:0)

lol Dan, will try that one hehe, im doing alot better thanx, each day improves a little more :o), cant stop giggling at that now lol

lol:o)))

Ha ha! Good to know we can bring a smile to your face and pick you up when things seem not so good!!

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your right Dan always someone or something to cheer you up on here, great isnt it, ive had so much time on here while not good, even when i came home the day after just for 10 mins, love it :o))

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I found it really annoying when I was working the last 2 weeks - before this week off - as I did 6 day weks and was coming home knacked and not doing much at all.

Will probably be same over November and December but I'll find a few minutes here and there to keep up to date.

Glad you're getting there!

yes its hard when your working so much and once home other things to do and spend time with Ali of course, but we understand that Dan, ive kept up with everything this week , first time ever lol thanx Dan

Brilliant, Sandra! He's gorgeous! Had them in the woods when I lived in the sticks, but never had a camera then. Theyre really cute, & once they get used to you, really cheeky too!

thanx mari,, they are cute, hope he`s back soon ;o)

he will be San....he will be...........IF BAZ GOES AND GETS SOME FATBALLS!!!!!!! :0)

Here's hoping! :~))

There you go Sandra ,if you hadn`t needed an op. you would never have seen Woody,so that`s a plus side,LOL. They are smashing photo`s ,I would be ecstatic to see one here. Btw I`m pleased your feeling ok now but just watch you don`t try to do things too early,we do not want to hear of any relapses.......

Exactly! Dont overdo it, sweetie!

lol Dan
your right lincs i said this to baz, so yes its a plus lol. i am being carefull, well i think so, baz wont agree, i cant breath without him asking what im doing lol, love him really :o)
thanx mari

Oh you lucky person to have a woodpecker in your garden Sandra,Well done for gettin them fantastic pics Take it easy...enjoy your garden & get better soon xx :~))

cheers mobee glad you enjoyed them, im doing fine thanx :o) x bedtime now, nite sleep well

Sweet dreams, Sandra! :~))

Nite Nite Sandra :~))

You've got some wonderful photos there Sandra. :o) I'm glad he stayed long enough for you to take them.

hi hywel and thankyou for looking and glad you enjoyed them, hope your feeling alot better :o) x

Not too bad Sandra thanks. I hope you're geting over your treatment aswell.

im doing alot better this last couple of days, just taking things slow, did a little bit in the garden today, a few leaves and planted a trough with wallflowers, couldnt resist them when i was passing the village nursery :o)

Sowly does it :o)

i am hywel, i only did a bit then came in to rest, wont do anything tomoz, alternate my days :o)
i dare not do alot with my prison officer baz here lol

Good he's there to look after you :o)

thanx hywel, you take care to :o)