3 things you did today

-Locked myself out of the house
-Tried every bloody phonebox in Cheltenham...only one wasnt broken, stinking really badly of piss, stealing my money or poo-stained etc. Of course it took me about half an hour of going in and out of several phoneboxes having my money taken and my nasal passages assaulted for me to come to this conclusion. Finally phoned my mum who phoned Scott who phoned me and said he was on his way home. Stepped out of the phonebox and got rained on. Bloke crashes into me and laughs. I break down in a kind of uncontrollable anger/frustration/sobbing/stress fit
-Pulled myself together (just) and waited for Scott to come and be hero

 

1. Swam 2,000 metres
2. Wondered how far pinkmoon swam
3. Waited for the inevitable sob story about how she's had her swimming pool stolen

 

1. boxed in some pipework
2. put in a couple of posts
3. counted Hebridean sheep

 

1. found out the crappy study leave plan.
2. blew my nose.
3. finished my idea for the art exam - now all I need to do is collage the painted bits, watercolour over them and then do the pen detail over the top.

 

1. Got upset that she couldnt think of a witty comeback..."a zebra thought my swimming pool was a watering hole?"
2. Spent so long doing the above that will probably be late for work
3. Decided to walk to work as it seems Lithium only ever cycles and swims

 

1.......... went to the dentist
2.......... saw my boyfriend on his lunch break
3.......... smoked a cigarette

 

went out kayaking really early for hours
got a great photo of a oyster catcher in flight
went for a 6 mile walk with the dogs along the river

 

kayaking again
photographing
sitting on the scaffolding with a brew and a good view. lovely.

 

travelled from devon to north yorkshire via manchester and the penines
saw a dinosaur, a camel and its baby and a wicker man
examined 4 week old milk chunks

 

now i'm homesick

felt ill and stayed in bed
got some news which made me think
booked plane tickets

 

Drew
Painted
Saw an eagle

 

what sort??

i'm a nutty mad bird person

 

I dont really know It was the biggest bird Ive ever seen...like the size of a small cat! With a white head and tail and a brown body, and a big curled yellow beak. I assume it was an eagle. Never seen anything like it before. Ive seen buzzards and falcons and sparrowhawks but this was totally different, definitely what I imagine an eagle to be anyway

 

Googling around it looked exactly like a bald eagle, but it says theyre only wild in America? Maybe it escaped hehe

 

???????

if it's a bald eagle, i would check if any falconry centres have lost one. they arnt native

 

Yeah it looked just like that, bit fatter maybe...are there no native British eagles that look similar then?

Ill definitely ask around if not

 

no, white head is pretty distinct.....the largest eagles in britain is the golden, but they are usualy in the scotland an no white head.....ospreys can have a white head but with black stripes and they have a white tail underneath, so from flight but not from above.....and they are mainly found in scotland but should have all migrated now anyway,


what a mystery.

 

it could be an escaped captive one though! definatley think its an option.

 

The white head was what first caught my eye! Huge thing it was, flew right past the window, so I rushed through to the bedroom and saw it fly off from there too. Bit of a surprise, were right on a main road. Ill have to check if anyones lost it then! Although dont know how theyd ever get it back!

Yeah twas weird. My mum used to get loads of birds in her garden, even bigger birds of prey, but this is the first time Ive seen one like this

 

yea i think they have have trouble.....unless someone near u is registered to keep it and was exercising it. they can do laps and free fly them......either way, tis very interesting! ive only seem them in falconry centres they are amazing birds!