ponderwoman

Dog fox, vixen does the screaming. Wonderful ED wildlife comes up to my 1st floor balcony to eat their takeaways then shit in as many places as possible and scent mark anything vertical, even the front door. Just spent an hour scrubbing as the smell has infiltrated the flat. Bearing in mind my brain is bigger than theirs, I should be able to solve this problem.

Four Egyptian goslings gone already. These Geese need to graze and/or have grains etc to eat. No chance of grazing within the lake railings so no doubt the mouse size goslings are great dog sport when out on the greens. Consider taking wheat, oats lentils and fresh grass clippings to support them if that isn't in contradiction to the anti rat rules.

Today in Peckham Park, Egyptian goose honking at the seagulls as she was guarding at least 6 fairly newly hatched goslings. Hope they have better luck this year. Woodpeckers drumming their territorial challenges. Loads of sticklebacks. Very fat tailless squirrel.

It would work for sharpening gouge chisels on the rounded ridges. All the many blade sharpening grindstones I have seen retain a clear 90 degree edge, not the rounded one yours has. I would have thought that it had pulley grooves but the stone looks like it would abrade rope rather than the stone becoming polished by use.

It won't be a Queen bee as they only leave the hive once to mate and possibly once to swarm. Wrong time of year for both. More probable it is an overwintered bumble bee queen, especially if it's furry. Rotten weather for an early foray but they will often venture out to look for a suitable nest site. Plenty of nectar out there for them. Great you are interested enough to care. If it is able to fly you could let it go and it will find some shelter if the weather is not good and then create a whole new colony this year.

A friend alerted me to a crow in Peckham Park in distress and apparently unable to fly. Several concerned people were surrounding the bush it was hiding under to keep dogs away and be sure of where it was. I took it home, then to Medivets because it had a small injury, they confirmed its wing was not broken though the first 2 primary feathers had been pulled out so it is probably too sore and bruised to fly. When put in a crate it immediately ate the food I had given it despite me being only a foot away. Peckham crows are profoundly cynical about seemingly good intentioned people so this seemed odd. Today it was happy to sit on my arm and poke my jumper. SO, NOT a wild crow. This poses a problem for release as it may not be up to scratch with the strict peckham crow social code and therefore be attacked. Does anyone know where it has come from or who might have reared/cared for it?

If you go futher up the road on your Google link view you can see the road clearly marked with the straight on and left arrows on the inside lane and the right turn arrows in the outer lane. If you were in the outer lane and turned left that would probably result in a penalty.

Great to see the Egyptian Geese decided to stay in Peckham Park this year and hatch 4 goslings.

Some time ago, I went to the accountants in North Cross Road for initial advice prior to employing them, They offered an initial 30 minute free consultaion. The advice given was wrong and despite me insisting it couldn't be correct they maintained it was. If I had followed their advice it would have cost me 10s of thousands. I confirmed with HMRC that I had the correct understanding of the situation- in which I had no liability at all for the suggested tax. They then charged me ?80 for the 'free' consultation. I did pay this at the time but demanded a refund after speaking to HMRC. I am still shocked that accountants, offering professional services, could be so inept. I had already gleaned much of what they needed to know from HMRC websites. I can't remember what their fee was going to be for completing the paperwork on their suggested route. Not insubstantial. I can only suppose the person I spoke to can no longer be employed by that company.

Speak for yourself!

I have always assumed that the shop baskets and trolleys were provided for the convenience of the customer with the added calculated bonus for the shop that with a lot of space to comfortably fill, it will probably also increase the shops sales. I have never considered them as a directive for my behaviour. I find the shop baskets particularly awkward to use and have always collected my less than weekly purchases in my own bag/hat/scarf/jumper folded into a pouch etc. It had never occured to me that anyone would have reason to be bothered by this and I would be very surprised to have been challenged for, in essence, being a good customer. I am aware we are all paying a levy added to the price of goods to cover shoplifting. People are either going to be honest or not. I would have thought it was fairly obvious which camp anyone was in and I assume the shops will have their own protocol of how they deal with this. Anyone trying to tell me how to perform to their satisfaction the process of shopping, would give me great concern for their wellbeing.