Come fly with me.....

This morning I witnessed a phenomenon which in the 34 short years of my life I have never witnessed before. A migratory bird swarm is the only way I can describe it!
I have seen birds migrate before - heck I've even seen a pretty large amount of them hitching a ride - but NEVER like this before. I wish I could have stopped the car and taken a picture - but alas my camera was in the house (more to do with squashing a huge two part buggy, two children and enough consumables to keep said children happy for one day into a mini! - I simply didn't have enough room left in the car for a camera!) Several other drivers had in fact pulled over to watch the amazing sight.

The sky to the right of the road was almost black with flocking birds and they just kept coming and coming. The pic above is of a similar sighting in Wales - make the numbers more dense and there you have an inkling of what I observed. Had I not had an appointment to make at the dentist I would have pulled over to yake it all in properly.

Talking of the dentist - LL had his first visit, and BB actually let the dentist look in his mouth this time. Very pleased with them both. They even both behaved whilst I had the dentist - and then the hygienist poke around in my mouth. Phew - it really could have been messy as we had no choice but to embark on this adventure alone! The hygienist did comment on how impressed they were at the fact that I emerged from the car with the two kids and the two part pram. Mini's really don't lend themselves to large family outings!

BB informed me when I picked him up from Nursery that he and his teacher were having a chatter! Does he do anything else these days? Non stop talking. I think the only time he does actually stop is in his sleep....takes after his mummy there I'm afraid.

LL has just spent some time honing his bruiser image. BFS commented the other day that he's just like Desperate Dan from the Beano. Just add a big chin and some stubble and he's pretty much spot on. He certainly is perfecting his 'twa cairpets' walk with puffed up chest to boot.