Awake and up all night

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“Getting a cancer diagnosis is extremely stressful, and that brings a whole load of emotions, and lack of sleep certainly does not help. I think many of us have periods of insomnia. I experienced a long period of not sleeping. I could go off to sleep quite quickly, but after an hour I would find myself wide awake again, and would spend the rest of the night getting frustrated because I couldn't sleep."
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  • We have huge fat pigeons in our garden too. Only at the weekend,  my OH said one of them could feed a family of 4!! Bird xx

  • Evening Ray Grin You've got a great variety of birds there, but I wouldn't have liked to see the carnage of the coots either. Those big birds resemble pterodactyls when they're flying overhead!

    We get a daily gang of jackdaws and magpies, eager for bread, meat and mealworms - very greedy birds. Our chaffinches were still here the other week, but I've not seen them since and assume they've gone elsewhere or migrated maybe? Not too sure about their habits, but they could be making raids on Tesco to wipe out all the Garibaldi biscuits down your way, Ray xxx

  • My daughter was going to get some of my favourite biscuits from her supermarket but the chaffinches obviously saw her tip-off and got there first. I'm still garibaldiless.  Ray x

  • JoyJoy Hard luck Ray. I'm going shopping to Tesco's tomorrow, and I'll definitely have a look to see if they're still in stock. They can't be that popular, surely xxx

  • Tesco indicated that the opposite was true. Apparently the smaller stores like ours allocate shelf space to products which perform best according to the sales turnover stats. Garibaldi only had one or two elderly customers per week. It's the same story with Chelsea buns, another of my favourites. Modern tastes are tending towards sweeter and chocolatey stuff. I have got an After Eight Easter egg to nibble at, so starvation is at least a week away.  

  • That did make me laugh, especially about Garibaldis and Chelsea Buns getting sparse interest except from the elderly!

    Oh Ray, three options my friend - either spread your search countrywide, bake your own or find the nearest factory and attempt the Great Garibaldi Heist. The latter would probably land you with a conviction, so not highly recommended xxx

  • Hi Julie I am so glad you like Robins too.i am sure it is your mum lovely.xx

  • We need a laughing emoji…. I laughed out loud when I read it Rofl.

    another bird lover here.  My Inner city London wild meadow garden gets a good variety….lots of pigeons but also ring necked doves, robin, blackbirds, goldfinches, blue tits etc.  and, amazingly I am honoured to receive regular visits from a woodpecker (lesser spotted).  His visits always cheer me

  • Really lucky here in the M4 corridor to get red kites. Can regularly see 10+ when they're out in groups.  People feed them (shouldn't do really) and they fly very low over the garden. Amazing colour and very majestic. 

    Have seen them swoop down a couple of times which when driving can be quite off putting! They do clear up the dead animals from the roads though so very useful to have around. 

    Their calls are amazing though. Something very peacefu, free and ancient about them.  

    xx

  • You're very lucky Julie, as I've never seen any red kites round here. They must provide a great sight, and I love your description of their calls. We do get the odd skein of geese overhead, and I love to hear their honking too. We're lucky to have all these feathered friends to gaze at xxx