So...

..the mists rolled across the pond and it was cold and humid and grey and not very pleasant. But slowly, oh so slowly, the fabric of clouds began to wear out and eventually the contour of the sun appeared on the gently rippled surface of the pond.

Oh no...

...here they go again!

Who does?

Those weird two-legged monsters with funny feathers.

Humans? To hell with them... I want to take a nap.

Maybe they have some bread crumbs for us.

I don't want their mouldy bread! It made me feel sick to the stomach the other day.

Sorry... But look! There's one with that funny box with a glassy eye that goes click.

So what! They keep running after us since we flew in. And if they haven't got a decent picture by now... well, I'm not gonna help them.

What's wrong with you? Why are you so crabby today?

I told you I hadn't slept well. All I want is take a nap and I wish everybody left me alone. Is that so hard to understand?
Besides, this water's starting to freeze and you know how I hate having cold feet!

Ruber rubbish

So...

you hear the weather will be fine for the next few days and think about taking a day or two off work when... you wake up in the morning and all you see is fog. It is so predictable and typical of this time of year that in high pressure conditions inversion occurs and fog or low clouds form above valleys but the weathermen failed to mention it. And it isn't until one or two p.m. that the fog lifts or the clouds break enough to make the sun peek through before everything turns grey again.

Butt...

there's smoking ban in public places so what else can I do?

(btw, I don't smoke and never have)

Bats

Ok, I know these are poor photos and it's hard to guess what you're looking at unless I tell you these are the bats that were flying over the pond the previous day.

Contrast

The urban and the rural, houses and fields, humans and wildlife, they all coexist in this small piece of land. I wonder how much longer?

Today was grey and unpleasant but I discovered a few things that cheered me up. The swans are still at the pond, I saw a grebe paddling among the ducks and, most of all, my friends the bats are still around. I haven't seen them for a long time but today I watched a number of them foraging the area around the pond. I don't know whether that is good or bad but I was pleased to see them anyway.