Big Garden Birdwatch 2008

Well, I did the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch again this year with my feline assistant Viola. I threw down loads of seed this morning for the doves and woodpigeons. I throw some on the lawn for them most days. By the time I sat down to record the activity there were lots of birds in and out of the garden.
I spotted:
2 robins, 5 blue tits, 7 coal tits, 1 goldfinch, 3 chaffinchs, 5 woodpigeons, 3 blackbirds, 2 collared doves, 4 magpies, 12 greenfinches, 1 house sparrow and 1 redwing.
It was pretty much as I was expecting but the redwing and greenfinches were a bonus. I first saw a redwing just before Christmas and haven't definately seen one since, and I haven't seen the greenfinches for about a week so was glad to see them back again.

A Very Late Start to the New Year

I've always been very lax at updating this blog but I'm even worse since I became 'involved' with Ravelry. Is it possible to be in love with a site? I love everything about Ravelry and consequently spend far too much time browsing patterns, lurking in the forums and perving at other folks projects and yarn. Spent two hours knitting time this morning just looking at other peoples knitting. Am I mad? I think I am.

My plan for today is to finish another panel of my Bressay Hap Shawl . I'm trying to get this finished before it becomes another one of those never ending projects that hide in the bottom of my knitting basket. My deadline for completion is the end of Jan to coincide with the For Me Knitalong deadline. If I can just stop myself starting new projects I should easily do this. That's a big 'if' though.