Before I explain the title of the post, I guess some of you must wonder about my uni entrance results as well as my exam results. Some of you might already know from Facebook.
I did well in my exams. But unfortunately, not as well as I had hoped to. Thus getting in to Medicine would be tough. Also, as the uni advisors gave me some misleading information in the start, I found myself stranded in a very weird entrance category where I am neither a high school leaver NOR a mature aged student…. either that or I’m both. It’s very confusing.
Anyway, I would have to wait till January till they decide what to do with me. Meanwhile I will be appealing my case and pray.
Now, lets go on to the birds. 
We’ve had an affinity with birds of late. For starters, we have 2 backyard hens who are absolutely adorable. Especially Lizzy:
We don’t know her breed exactly as she is mixed but we reckon she might have some Silver Laced Wyndotte in her.
She trusts us completely and runs to us whenever she sees us around, crouches down and ‘asks’ to be carried.
See, she happily comes close to Sunshine during feeding time!
She also invites herself into our house. I don’t think I know another hen who behaves like this. Hahahaha! We love Lizzy to bits.
We also have visitors………
When I was young, my mum used to tell me that these are mandarin ducks. The one with the green neck and head are males and the plain brown ones are females.
While she is right about the gender, these are not mandarin ducks and I only found out a few months ago. -____-
For all my life I’ve been going around thinking they are mandarins. I wonder if anyone else thought the same??
These ducks are Mallards and are the most common kind of wild ducks found here.
We get visits from them almost every other day and they would waddle up to our front yard. They sometimes even fall asleep, nestled in the grass!
Sunshine loves feeding them!
A few months back, we woke to wonderful chirps from above our bed. Birds had made a nest in our roof and the nestlings had hatched.
We were okay with this at first but as the nestlings grew older, their cute chirps sounded more like “Baarrraaaaaapp!!! Brrraaaaaaaaappp!!!!!! CRAAAAAAApppPPPP!”
They were irritating and when they were learning to fly, you could hear their claws scratching against the colourbond surface. It sounded like nails on chalkboard.
Our neighbour advised us to clear out the nest after the nestlings leave or otherwise the birds would come back next spring.
Well they didn’t come back next spring. They loved our roof so much that they decided to come back AGAIN NOW.
Either that or they told their friends, “Hey, know where’s a good place to nest?”
I would think it’s also because of the weird weather. It warmed up a few months back but then became bitterly cold again. Then it warmed up a little and now it’s cold again! And we’re already in summer!
I’m not complaining though. I love the cold.
I don’t have a clear picture of the bird and neither do I know the species but here’s a picture of one of the parents:
It was about to feed its noisy offsprings.
Okay.. that’s all about birds.
I’ve been soaping and designing a cardi for girls. Taking life easy for now. I feel a little lost without homework or studies but am otherwise happy to have a little break.
My expandabags were completely sold out within days of the update. Malabrigo has been ordered and hopefully would be here by late January (fingers crossed!)
Take care!
We can now enjoy every single episode of FRIENDS when the kids aren’t screaming.
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