My day

Woke up this morning to frost and ice on the bird bath but once the sun got up it turned out to be another really nice day  the wind had dropped a lot so wasn't as cold as yesterday.
It was really nice along the canal today not so many people around  as the children are back at school after their half term holiday and holiday makers all gone home till Easter then It will be busy again . 
A lot of people grumble about people coming here on holiday but if you don't like it, don't live in a holiday resort  move somewhere else . lol,  We had holidays here for many  years when the kids were small  and  before we moved here to live  about 15 years ago I cant imaging ever wanting to move away now
We saw 2  birds that I hadn't seen before  first one as we walked through the marshes this sweet little bird that  I'm almost sure is a Stonechat my picture isn't that clear I couldn't crop it down any closer so first is mine and second I borrowed from the web,

 The other bird was an Oyster catcher which I would have thought we would see on the beach but  there was a few of them on the school playing field both today and yesterday again they were to far away for a decent photo so borrowed one  again. I really must get to grips with that new lens of mine.

 Along the canal as I said it was really quiet and peaceful there was hardly any wind  so the sun felt really warm, they are saying we are in for some colder weather  and snow next week , just hoping it wont damage all the new buds that are coming out on the trees  will have to wait and see if they are right
Its been so mild so far  that all the spring flowers are out down here primrose snowdrops   crocus and daffodils I even saw a bluebell in someones garden as we walked home would be such a shame if the cold damaged them now,

I Had a nice chat with my daughter and 3 younger grand kids  just before I came on line, its always good to catch up as we don't get to see them very often as they live too far away, the 2 younger ones have started swimming lessons and getting on really well the older of the 3 already swims well so didn't need to  have the lessons  it will be good when they come down in the summer  we can all go to the sea pool and have some fun. looking forward to that.
I will leave you with a couple of photos of the canal today  thank you for visiting.