Where has the time gone?

I've suddenly realised how close it is to Christmas and I'm only on the first of the many knits I had planned for it.

Having had a nasty dose of Flu, which I'm just beginning to recover from, has put a spanner in the works somewhat although I have been able to devote a wee bit more time to knitting. No effort needed - housework is very tiring don't you know?

Looking out of my window I'm suddenly struck by how lucky I am to be living where I do. It's raining hard and the garden's a mess but beyond that I can see the lovely colours of Autumn painted onto the landscape by the many different trees. Some still defiantly green others shyly yellowing and the big bold here I am red and orange. There's a tree so full of red berries that the branches are drooping under the weight of them. And even the couple of trees that died last year still have their place in the picture I can see - standing out in stark contrast to the leafiness of the living trees.

Here, so close to the Romney Marshes, there are also so many birds. I have had at least two broods of sparrows in my nesting box next to the bedroom window this year. We've been woken so many times during the summer by the cheeping of hungry babies.

We often get a blackbird couple checking out the garden. I've seen Thrushes and Robins, Sparrows in abundance, and Great Tits bobbing around on the remains of the Sunflowers. We've had the ubiquitous Magpies with their raucous calls, unfortunately trying to get the Sparrow babies out of the box, but luckily the neighbour saw them and scared them off. We get frequent visits from collared doves who decimate the brassicas and sit on the fence in the pouring rain looking like feather dusters. They're not the brightest birds to be honest but I love watching them hopscotching in the garden. Next door has white doves and although they look so very graceful in reality they're as thick as two short planks and fly like the aforementioned planks as well.

Now I'm supposed to be doing something, but it's completely slipped my mind now. Oh well if it's important it will occur to me again sometime, probably when it's too late.