A Flock of Fieldfares!

Placing the bird feeder outside the cottage window has been a great success. Today we were visited by a flock of Fieldfares, obviously hungry due to the prolonged spell of cold weather. I was treated to a close up view of one as it sat on a branch outside the window nibbling at a rosehip. Living in the country has opened up my eyes to the abundance of wild life around us!
A trip to the grit box was required to scrape the last remains up so that Graham could get up the drive after his trip to the supermarket. Despite leaving shopping for Christmas until Christmas Eve there was an abundance of food, all being sold off at half price in an effort to enable the shop assistants to get home early. Instead of the Turkey crown we intended to buy we've ended up with a turkey large enough to feed seven people for only £15.Christmas trees were even being given away free at Home base , it makes you wonder just how much waste we are creating in our Consumer society.
Evie and I set off across the snowy fields to the Christingle service in the village. The snow is still powdery and crispy and the sun was shiny as we walked towards the church. so I took some pictures  as we went.
The church was slightly quieter than usual because of the weather but there were plenty of children, all very excited at the prospect of Santa's visit tonight. When we came out of Church it was dark so we walked back in the moonlight over the fields to the house.
Tomorrow is Christmas day and it looks pretty certain to be a White Christmas in 2010!