Nesting blue throat in pot plant

We discovered this little bird in a nest by our hotel room door in Phuket.   

Feeding time

Not sure what these fish are called but they seem to enjoy cheese on toes.

Holiday time

First in five years.  Mmmmmmmm.

And where are these likely lads off to I wonder?   To sit in the shade, I don't think so.

Night fishing

What a whopper of a moon but no fish biting yet

Happy Easter

The joys of the doctor's clinic queue

I paid a visit to the doctor today but was told I had to wear a face mask on order to get seen.   I told the receptionist I was not unwell and therefore posed no danger to anyone.   She told me all patients must wear a mask to which I replied that surely only those who have some sort of communicable respiratory problem should cover up?  She paused to think through my logic and then replied but it's best to wear one as they do not work.  Yep, I was being told to wear a paper face mask because they do not work...

Another consignment of STUFF

One tennis court sized, antique Chinese bed plus enough crockery to host a wedding plus boxes of pictures and ornaments and stuff delivered by sampan  and now ensconced in our little kingdom.    As an added bonus the papaya trees were bulging with huge juicy fruits.  Must have been 40 kilos of fruit

Arthur impersonates Ray Clemence

Happy birthday Arthur.

 That's a mighty fine pair of oven mitts!

Kingfisher fishing

Matthew and me made a detour around the river Silver estuary and were rewarded with watching a brilliantly coloured male kingfisher snatch a fish from the river.  Here comes springtime.    We waited to see if he would return again but he had disappeared over the wall to the Yuen ancestral home.    Instead a rather moody looking grey heron cruised onto the scene and was just about to land when it saw us and flew off further down stream but not without a good screech, which presumably was directed at us having spoiled his fishing spot.

Japanese White Eye

Matthew and I found this poor little Japanese White Eye this morning.    Not sure what happened to him but it seems today was not his day.  

School Sports day

Matthew hits the podium for the sixty metre sprint.   He wins his heat but is just beaten by Elijah, his best buddy and arch rival too.   Well done boys.  

The trusty but rather noisy steed.

Beasts

The herd is upto 20 now with four born recently.   There are few other cows that look like they will soon be giving birth too.