Hopper

The first photo I took this morning was when I stepped outside the door and saw a female blackbird lying dead on the pavement - a broken neck by the look of it, so perhaps she flew into a window at speed. Decided there was quite enough sadness in the world today without posting a sad picture as well. So you have a smart grasshopper, all grown up, sitting on the membrane that covers one of the compost heaps.

Keep thinking about our old blip pal AirborneSkyGod and how much time he spent in harm's way in Afghanistan. I think he would be very angry at the current turn of events. I hope his wee girl Poppy  is doing OK.