tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post8918872750242956479..comments2023-09-12T17:21:55.065+01:00Comments on Mrs Jones' Home Thoughts From Home: Swifts arrive!!Mrs Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289121990808465890noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-53555132694572380972010-05-04T22:58:22.132+01:002010-05-04T22:58:22.132+01:00Paul in Reading - hello and welcome! Bloody fab, i...Paul in Reading - hello and welcome! Bloody fab, isn't it? I'm very tempted to get a tattoo of a couple of them but don't quite know where. I've decided that I would have one as my daemon (a la 'His Dark Materials').Mrs Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289121990808465890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-57666575825769970182010-05-04T18:33:47.252+01:002010-05-04T18:33:47.252+01:00I was hanging out my washing Saturday (1 May) and ...I was hanging out my washing Saturday (1 May) and suddenly heard the screaming of Swifts. Looked up and there were about 10 wheeling about. Made my day.Paul in Readingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-59539365854546227262010-04-24T03:31:06.730+01:002010-04-24T03:31:06.730+01:00Happy birthday honey.xxx. Will send lovely stuff ...Happy birthday honey.xxx. Will send lovely stuff when I get home.xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-19367396212311594432010-04-24T02:15:54.942+01:002010-04-24T02:15:54.942+01:00So I get too busy to play on the Intarwebs for a c...So I get too busy to play on the Intarwebs for a couple of days and then when I come back you announce that you're about to have a birthday?! Well, have a great one then (don't even TRY to count the margaritas).<br /><br />I love the colour of the orchid, but I do find it rather imposingly hulking - but it won't stop me from reading, no matter how big it gets!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-47344512719961830572010-04-23T14:39:31.729+01:002010-04-23T14:39:31.729+01:00Hi its been a busy 10 days or so and I'm just ...Hi its been a busy 10 days or so and I'm just catching up on everyone's blogs that I follow.<br /><br />Lucky you I haven't seen any as yet but like you I also keep an eye out for them.<br /><br />I love the hulking orchid, its pretty.<br /><br />A birthday coming, happy celebrations.<br /><br />I'm off to catch up on your other posts.Kellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007237364629419063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-88432009981533540272010-04-23T09:35:08.937+01:002010-04-23T09:35:08.937+01:00No swifts here and no swallows yet either - it doe...No swifts here and no swallows yet either - it doesn't seem like proper spring until they arrive either.<br /><br />Love your hulking orchid - feel you could nestle up in it like the best kind of duvet.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-48259253793501134052010-04-22T23:10:39.590+01:002010-04-22T23:10:39.590+01:00GMB - d'you know what? I think you might be ri...GMB - d'you know what? I think you might be right but Blogger seemingly dictates the size of the picture so there's not much I can do.Mrs Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289121990808465890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-59999706383718449572010-04-22T21:11:48.058+01:002010-04-22T21:11:48.058+01:00I swear that header photo (beautiful!) gets bigger...I swear that header photo (beautiful!) gets bigger every time I visit... :)GREENWICH MEAN BITCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07786422762178992108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-31650602613852220002010-04-22T20:51:20.300+01:002010-04-22T20:51:20.300+01:00Peevish - thank you for your kind comment about th...Peevish - thank you for your kind comment about the photo. I intend to change the header pic with the season (more or less). This one is a closeup (which I then Helga'd) of an orchid on my sitting room window sill that has been flowering its little heart out for weeks now. <br /><br />I've only seen 4 swifts so far today, so they must be arriving in dribs and drabs - I wonder if they fly all night from Africa and there'll be more tomorrow morning?Mrs Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289121990808465890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-33514742189337602102010-04-22T19:42:58.503+01:002010-04-22T19:42:58.503+01:00We get some swifts here, but mostly huge flocks of...We get some swifts here, but mostly huge flocks of swallows, though I haven't seen any yet. Your new header photo is beautiful!peevishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14135920853307511091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-5249810163458669492010-04-22T18:42:39.416+01:002010-04-22T18:42:39.416+01:00Ms Alienne - Swifts are bloody fab - they're l...Ms Alienne - Swifts are bloody fab - they're like the dolphins of the air, just mucking about in great groups, chasing each other and squealing. Blackberry vodka almost as good, dead easy to do and make brilliant christmas presents.Mrs Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289121990808465890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528663482752743529.post-91518094114594573472010-04-22T18:33:40.250+01:002010-04-22T18:33:40.250+01:00I love swifts too, and I love this weather. Black...I love swifts too, and I love this weather. Blackberry vodka sounds good too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com