The Midweek Hop - Bird is the Word

Three music videos on a theme...

(inspired by Desmond Carrington's 'The Music Goes Round')

 

 

This weeks theme is...Bird is the Word

 

 

Inspired by well, birds!
Chris Evans played track number 3 yesterday morning on Radio 2 and we thought nope, we haven't had bird-themed songs yet :-)



1. Bird Dog by The Everly Brothers


'Bird Dog' entered the chart on 12th September 1958 reaching Number 2.


2. Birdie Songs by The Tweets


'Birdie Song' entered the chart on 12th September 1981 reaching Number 2.


3. Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen

'Surfin' Bird' entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on 13th November 1963 reaching Number 4.

 

 

Happy listening!
(and I challenge you not to have "bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word" in your head all day...) :-)
 

This Weekend at the Duckpond

We have mostly been...

 

 

Bird-watching - these two lovebirds perched on the garden wall at the back of our house. It was pretty clear what Mr Pigeon was after - Mrs Pigeon didn't seem too impressed though!

Baking - some cheese and onion bread in the breadmaker. We ate it for Sunday brunch, freshly cooked with caramelised onions, tomatoes and sausages.

 

 

 

 

Bashing - down the wall in the front garden; the widening-the-driveway saga continues each day...

 

 

Binning - a large amount of paperwork; several years worth of bank statements and associated financial bumpf went into the shredder and lots of other (non-personal) bits and pieces went into the recycling. It's astounding how much paper you seem to accumulate over the years!

 

 

 

What did you get up to at the weekend?

February Happiness

Five things which have made me smile this month...

 

 

1. Daffodils, at home and at work!

 

 

 

2. This chirping bird which Andrew bought as a little Valentine's Day present for me.

 

 

 

 

3. A lovely Valentine's Day tea date at Penfold's Kitchen in Bristol.

 

 

 

 

4. Lots of comedians and shows - Punt and Dennis at the beginning of the month, Russell Howard last weekend and a live performance of Radio 4's Any Questions this evening.

 

 

 

5. We got throught all the IVF treatment okay and none of it was quite as bad as I was expecting.
All we have to do now is wait - neither of us will know what the outcome is til next weekend and if it's okay with everyone, regardless of whether it's a good or bad result, it's something I don't think I'll share on here just for a few weeks. Whatever happens, we'll both need a bit of time to get our heads around it!

 

 

 

What little things have made you happy this month?
 

100 Happy Days #4

The fourth instalment of my attempt to catalogue 100 Happy Days... :-)

 

 

 

Monday 10th February

The first snowdrops have started blooming on campus.

 

Tuesday 11th February

You can't beat a Wetherspoons hot chocolate, spilling over with cream and all for less than £1.50.

 

Wednesday 12th February

Our workplace holds free public lectures every Wednesday and this week it was all about the historic Cleveland Pools in Bath.

 

Thursday 13th February

An early Valentine's day present from Andrew - a little chirping bird! I think he's going to live in my conservatory. :-)

 

Friday 14th February

A delicious Lemon Polenta Cake and Hot Chocolate with Andrew at a little cafe in Bristol.

 

Saturday 15th February

The very last IVF injection! No more needles, yay!

 

Sunday 16th February

After 36 days of IVF drugs, I had one single drug free day before I had to start taking yet another drug.

 

Monday 17th February

A very well-deserved whole Galaxy bar to myself after my operation that morning.

 

Tuesday 18th February

We had some good news from the embryologist that morning so we treated ourselves to a slap-up breakfast at Farringtons Farm Shop.

 

Wednesday 19th February

 

Finally got round to booking some tickets for a National Theatre live screening in May!

 

Previous instalments can be found here...

Part One

Part Two
Part Three

 

 

A Share Advent Round Up - Days 1 to 25

All 25 Share Advent Instagram Photos

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For more information about each day...
Days 1-5
Days 6-10
Days 11-15
Days 16-20
Days 21-25

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas at the Duckpond

In pictures...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think - too many birds? :-)

Share Advent Instagram Photos - Days 16 to 20

Share Advent Days 16-20

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16th December - Make A Date With Yourself

Thank you very much to all of you lovely people who wished me good luck for my appointment last Wednesday, it meant a lot to us. The exciting but incredibly scary news is that I start with all the drugs in the first couple of weeks in January!

 

17th December - Feed the Birds

Spotted this very cute bird hoarding lots of sweet goodies in a shop window in Bristol.

 

18th December - Random Acts Of Kindness

Completely different to what the prompt intended I'm sure, but The Baghdaddies are a fab band specialising in Eastern European music - and this is a really great bouncy album!

 

 

19th December - Favourite Family Recipe

Not related to Christmas at all but a homemade Sausage and Egg muffin is one of our favourite breakfasts.

 

20th December - O Star of Wonder, Star of Night

I bought these three sparkly stars many many years ago from oriental specialist Neal Street East in Covent Garden. I used to love wandering around and up and down the stairs smelling and feeling everything on the shelves but sadly the shop closed it's doors over 10 years ago - I miss it!




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November Happiness

Five things which have made me smile this month...

 

 

1. Spotting these little birdies in Homebase the other day. They were just begging chirping to be taken home but Andrew put his foot down and said no more birds and ducks in the house. I think I'm going to wait til Janurary though and see if they're reduced in the sale!

 

 

 

 

 

2. A fabulous first night performance of Bristol Old Vic's 2013 Christmas show, The Little Mermaid.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Taking Omnibear to see the Carnival floats and the fireworks. I think he had a good time!

 

 

 

 

4. Completing Rosalilium's 'blog every day in November' challenge.

 

 

 

 

 

5. Sharing my lunch break at work one day with this little fellow!

 

 

 

 

 

What little things have made you happy this month?