Wednesday and its my eldest daughters birthday so after a quick shower and breakfast, meds included, we go off to our local Bird Garden. So we got to know some new friends, drink, eat and chat about PhD stuff. So without any more to do here are a few of the birds we saw or met.

Its a matter of timing with the bird garden. Get them early and they will accept food from your hand and some will seek to play or walk all over you but when it gets full later on they are full of food and do not want to play, just sleep. We got our timing right so had ample time to feed and play. When they had had enough and the place was getting full we decided to eat and chat. We spent several hours there before walking back home, I did remember to book the cars in for their MOTs.

Once home it was time to clear the kitchen and feed the hedgehog before going to a local restaurant to have a birthday meal. An Italian meal that was extremely tasty and gave me the opportunity to have one of my favourite deserts, affogato, a delicious combination of a shot of expresso to pour over ice cream. A super combination. We return home to the traditional card and present opening followed up with the indulgence of a very chocolatey birthday cake. I sit and watch Germany beat France to become England’s opponents on Sunday. I return to the blog and then prepare for tomorrow. Its been a good day with time to chat with my eldest daughter and to eat out as a family. Meds and bed.