Day 1004 My little chickadee

Pete and Kelli’s social distance day 54

10th May 2020

It was a wonderful brunch, I had a large slice of the vegan quiche which Kelli had made the evening before. Using the JustEgg, it is indistinguishable from one made from the real thing. Anyway my tummy was satisfied, so we set about doing jobs in the garage.

I had my usual task of trying to make a coffee table top look interesting, not an easy task when the wood is so bland.

Kelli was working on a headboard and footboard, and in between she was painting the dresser we were getting ready for Cameron.

The weather was shit, so there was not an appetite to do anything outside, but as it was Mother’s day we had to drive up to Kelli’s mum to drop off a card and a pot of flowers. It would save a lot of time if we got her dead ones, as their chances of survival are pretty slim.

We went off to Menards to pick up some mulch and top soil for the garden.

We have started to watch Gardeners World and it has excited our desire to make the garden into something more colourful.

Plants develop later here than the UK as was proven by the pictures my sister had sent me of her garden in full bloom. Although mulch will not bring colour, it will bring order and a bit of weed control to our patch.

Kelli gets excited when she sees anything spring out of the ground even if it is a weed.

I rescued a baby sparrow that we had noticed floundering about earlier. Kelli had tried to catch but couldn’t, so as it had taken shelter under the holly bush we thought it would be safe from the dogs.

I noticed Phoebe was playing with something outside, and to my horror is saw it was the little bird. I rushed out, scaring the dog away and grabbed the tiny, wet, bedraggled thing.

I called to Kelli, and she appeared with a cardboard box with a towel inside. We placed the little critter in the box, whilst Kelli called to see who could help.

Eventually the little bird was put in the care of Matt, Kelli’s brother who has as good track record of keeping chicks alive, so we get constant update of its progress.