Yesterday morning turned into a busy time. At the Farmers' Market last week I'd bought a shoulder of pork. Ideally I would have bought it diced as I wanted it to make a stew. Unfortunately they only had the cut as a bone-in joint. So yesterday I had the job of boning & de-fatting it. Then it was on with the stew. From time to time I had a check of my washing that was hanging on the line to dry. By the time I was done, it was turned midday.
As the sun was shining, I decided to sit out & finish my novel. As I did, my eyes lifted from time to time to see who was coming for the pork fat. The first on the scene was a huge black-backed gull. surprisingly he didn't stay long or take much.
The next was a shyer creature, a blackbird. He tried to look oh so nonchalant, as though he really wasn't interested. He sidled along, grabbed a huge piece of fat & disappeared rapidly into the undergrowth.
Another gull appeared. This one stayed to make the most of his meal, but decided to go after a while.
The next visitor was a magpie, smartly dressed in navy & white.
It was good to see such a range of birds having a look-in for once, so many well fed.
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