trumpets

Last weekend we sounded the "trumpets"

for our birthday boy :

9 years old !

Blowing the candles 

(and making a wish ... ?)

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And there were other "trumpets" that I found here.

When I'm honest I must confess 

that I'm not thát keen on tea cosies myself ...

Though I must really laugh when I see all those fun designs 

Loani Prior comes up with :

she really is the Queen of tea cosies !!!

But these little trumpet flowers came with a free pattern 

I simply hád to try

A little leftover Noro Kureyon Sock did the trick

Mmmmmmmmm ...

lovely little trumpets !

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In the garden we have lots of food for the birds,

they badly need it, in this snowy cold wintertime !

Sparrows, finches, all kinds of tits and the occasional robin,

blackbirds, starlings and turtledoves ...

While the water is frozen

the moorhens often seek a safe place high up on the pergola

... because there are cats wandering around on the ice !!!

(Aaaaah just too bad : all that snow makes the ice

unsuitable for skating ...)