Groundscraper Thrush

 Good afternoon dear Blogger friends. As I popped onto the veranda this morning, I noticed this bird on the lawn. I have heard its call in the past few weeks which is a mixture of harsh and whistled phrases. So I was glad it was in my garden foraging for earthworms in the newly rained-upon grass. 

Groundscraper Thrush

This bird seemed to be quite young. Firstly it still had a slightly yellow gape and secondly it was not at all perturbed that a dog and three cats were on the veranda while a human snapped away at it. 

I'm linking to Saturday Critters with Eileen, here

HAPPY SATURDAY TO YOU ALL! 

Tractor photo?

Good morning dear Blogger friends. 

Living on this farm for the past four years, I see tractors on a daily basis. I have just (this week) procured the roadworthy and licenses for the twenty farm vehicles of which five are tractors. Four of these don't display license discs as they only travel on the farm roads.  

So why would Jo take a photo of a tractor? This tractor was standing on a grass verge of the main road between the farm and Estcourt, a nearby town. I was on my way to have lunch with a friend who lives just off the road and stopped to snap the tractor. 

The other reason I took this photo, was to get back into my Wednesday theme of interesting lines or contours and continue in that theme. 

So here goes: my New Year's blog resolution to keep up posting and visiting your blogs. 

HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO YOU ALL ! 

Danger alert...

 ...or not! 

If you've seen my Saturday post, you will know that Skabby alerted me to the presence of a snake. Not a too-venomous snake, but after taking photos, I moved it carefully from near the veranda to under the shrubs at the bottom of my garden. 

My first thought was to see where the cats was and of course, keep Skabby from biting the snake in half! 

Whoo-hoo, I protect Mum and the kitties from danger - like snakes and things...

Where Mum? Where is the snake? 

All the noise outside interrupted my kitty nap

Snake? I have bigger teeth than a snake, Mum! 

Happy Sunday to you all !