On 7/4/08 23:14, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:46:21 +0100, Charlie Pridham

wrote:

Saw the first Swallows on Suday returning from the Cornwall Spring flower
show (me not the Swallows!) Driving through heavy snow one min, then
sunshine and swallows, I know one doesn't make a summer, this one was
struggling to make it spring!!

We had our first green parakeet of the year in our garden this week.
http://www.myalbum.com/LargePhoto-LQWPC8CF.jpg

Oh, I know people swear at them but they do have a certain charm! I used to
get lovebirds in my Jersey garden. Apparently they were escapees (possibly
my fil's!) who had roosted in the eaves of the barn of a house belonging to
some friends of mine. It was directly behind my house and across a field,
though neither of us could see each other's houses. The lovebirds would
sometimes fly into my garden and perch in a cherry tree and because I was
familiar with their 'noise', I recognised them the first time I heard them,
even though I could barely believe it. It was only after this that I
learned they were living in the friends' property.

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'