These little guys are now regular visitors to our bird feeder and they hang around long enough to pose for a picture, unless Monty is around of course, he hasn't really got the hang of birdwatching!
We came second in the quiz this week and won 15 of these to spend in the club so had the Friday lunchtime special yesterday, excellent fish and chips for $7.50 (less than £4) and enough for two so plenty of vouchers left for wine and beer.
We thought we might be making ourselves unpopular beating the regulars in the quiz, especially as we are a team of two and they are mostly fives and sixes but no, we seem to be becoming minor celebrities. Other teams now want us to join them (funny that) and they have all made us very welcome. Ian has volunteered to help out in the local library occasionally helping people to use the internet and set up email accounts etc. He was being shown the ropes on Thursday and was introduced to someone who said,'Oh we were just talking about you and your wife, you are the ones who are making that house look so nice and doing well in the quiz.' Eek, we had better be careful if we want to keep any secrets!
It is a very friendly place though, we had the local plumber round to fit a new toilet in the week (he moved from Epsom in 1981) and he invited us round for dinner, how nice.