Come on Little Bird...

...just flap your wings like this!
The little House Martin I mentioned the other day is still struggling to fly. He/she can manage to get to the overhead wires but is very wobbly and looks quite clumsy and then it's back to the gate. The rest of the family fly in and out of the ginnel where the nest is. Every so often one or all of them land on the gate too and flap their wings and give advice on how to fly.
You can sense their urgency as soon it will be time to fly south. I'm really rooting for this little one who keeps on trying but seems lacking in confidence.
The photos aren't brilliant as I had to zoom from a distance and the ginnel is dark.

A cloudy, at times rainy day. A day to curl up on the couch and read or knit. We both still have tummy upsets, no energy or appetite. All I fancy is stewed apples and Oatly fraiche, cream crackers or Marmite toast.
Normally tummy bugs are done with in 48hrs but this is nearly a week. If no better by Monday a consultation with the Doc will be in order.

The new phone has a camera like my old one which is good but the damned thing won't download the apps for some reason so another trip to Tesco's next week to see Martin the phone man.

Hope you all have a good weekend wherever you are, whatever you're up to :-)