Thursday 5th January (Strong Winds)


Mr. Kite looked out of his bedroom window into a mottled blue, grey and white sky. The sun appeared through small breaks in the passing clouds giving them bright white edges. Outside a strong wind blew swaying the trees violently. Today Mr. Kite was planning a trip to Cambridge on Friday.

In the morning Mr. Kite was looking out of his kitchen window thinking about his year's garden list. Looking down the garden Mr. Kite thought he would describe his garden from the window. The left hand side is an old Victorian orchard wall about one metre high that is about thirty meters long before it turn at right angles to form the bottom boundary of the garden. Down the right hand side is a privet hedge that meets the wall. The first part of the garden is grass with a flower bed on the left hand side. The bottom of the garden has a laurel tree and a small pond and shrubs.

From the window Mr. Kite can see two sycamore trees on the left side and an ash tree on the right side. Behind the garden are lots of other trees of all kinds. Today Mr. Kite looked into the sycamore tree on the left side of the pond against the wall. Two years ago Mr. Kite pruned the top about seven metres from the ground forming a flat surface. Branches are beginning to grow at the top forming a surround for the flat surface. In this secure place a pair of canoodling collared doves were tidying up a nest from last year. Firstly they sat by each other then they fluttered showing an arc of white on their tail feathers. Then they pecked and teased each other followed by more flattering fluttering before putting twigs tidy onto the old nest. The wind made fluttering and tidying more difficult but they kept on for about ten minutes before flying away.

Mr. Kite only watched these birds today. But did also enjoy a tipple of Tetley tea. Cheers.