Look who joined us for part of our walk this morning ... my neighbour's dog Ellie.  Had a lovely walk and chat with her owner before I turned back with Misty.  Ellie is quite young and walks a lot further than Misty.  Well the winter wonderland has definitely gone.  The road out the village which for some reason or other never ever gets treated by the council, was very icy this morning.  It had thawed quite a bit when we drove home after our walk.  

Still lots and lots of birds in the garden.  Am having to fill  the feeders twice a day and have lots of different feeders so getting through quite a bit  of food but so good to see all the different birds around.