I thought I had nothing to say....

Then I took some photos and realised I had lots and lots to post about.
First of all, the chicks. They are MASSIVE and hardly fit in the nest. It can't be long before they are gone :0( I hope I am here to protect them from the nasty cats. They have been flapping their wings and jumping around the nest and making lots and lots of noise. I will miss them when they fledge. The Rainy Day socks were finished just in time, but I forgot to take a picture. So the token knitting content is this, a cricket pullover for Toby who will be 1 at the weekend. I'm making it up as I go along, all seems very easy at the moment as it is just a tube with ribbing and some cables. Who knows what will happen when I get to the arm holes!
Tony and I had a trip to Ikea last week to buy a bookcase to keep all of my crafty thing in so that the living room looks a bit tidier. I need to retrieve my other books from my mom's house, and we need to buy doors for the bottom half but it is looking good. I had to bring the DB Baby Cashmerino downstairs as I think it looks so cool on the bottom right. It is crying out to be make into a blanket! On rainy bank holiday Monday I managed to set up me new sewing machine in the dining room and have a little play. I haven't used a sewing machine since I was very little so I don't thinkI did too badly. It's going to be a crochet hook/dpn holder. The seams are very wonky, I did no measuring or drawing lines to follow as I just wanted to have a play and I only had orange thread!

And finally, there has been no knitting tonight because I've been baking - Chocolate Mole Muffins and Chocolate flapjacks from the Green & Blacks cookbook to take to work on Friday for our cake sale. Ooh and before I go I think I am just in time for the SP questions Bobbi set:
With the weather turning warmer, many of you are thinking of traveling (though some of you have just returned, you can play along). 1) What do you pack to knit? and 2) What do you hope to shop for?
Assume that you will be gone for ten days to someplace "foreign" that is known for having great knitting locations. (Bonus: Where would you go on a "knitting holiday"?)
Well, I won't be going on holiday until my trip to Toronto in September and who knows what I will be knitting by then? However I will probably take a small project, I am guessing socks, and maybe some crochet for the plane. Then, in Toronto, I feel the world will be my oyster in terms of yarn shops. I am planning on doing the Toronto Crawl but I don't think Tony realises this yet. I can't wait to see all of that wonderful wonderful yarn and will definitely be after some Canadian yarns like Koigu and Fleece Artist and boy do I hope they have STR. YIPEEEEEEEEEEEE

Chick Update

They still look a bit weird, but are so much bigger!They don't stay still for very long either, so it is hard to get a good shot. I did manage to count earlier and I think there are definitely 8 of them.

WE HAVE CHICKS!

You can just about make out one chick in the bottom right, in front of the last two eggs. I think there are 5 chicks at the moment, but it is very hard to see as June is still sitting on them and only moves to give them food. Then all you see are lots of beaks!
What a fab birthday present :0) Right, I'm off to enjoy the last day of my twenties!

Terry and June

Have finally got together and created..... 9 eggs for me to worry about for the next 2 weeks.
For those of you who have asked, I am trying to get Tony to write a post about building a bird box with a camera in.....

Terry has been busy

I came home to find lots more moss in the box.

Ickle Birdie

For Christmas my lovely bf made me a bird box. But not any only birdbox, oh no, that is not Tony's style. This is a bird box with lead flashing and an infra-red camera, in order for us to be able to watch the birds make a nest, lay eggs, hatch chicks, feed chicks etc (you get the idea). The birdbox is mounted on the back of the house and there is a wireless transmitter connected to the TV in the lounge. Everyday since the middle of February I have come home and turned the TV to the AV channel to see if there is any bird box action. NOTHING. Until last Friday when Tony reported there was some moss in the box! Then tonight, I turned on the TV to find this.....
I feel like a proud mum-to-be showing off her ultra-sound! The camera is in the top of the box looking down (in plan view) so the photo above (in case you can't tell) is of a sleeping blue-tit.
I swear, if (s)he nests then I'm going to have to work out how to hook this up to a webcam so i can watch whilst at work.
Sorry, I had to share, as I was so excited about it!