I was so surprised when I suddenly found this photo, year 2016 when I was five years younger. There I am in my morning dress at temperatures below freezing: my full length black padded Winter coat over my nightdress with hair that comes straight from bed hugging. In my hand I have the bread board where I used to cut the remains for the birds. I no longer do it as it seems bread is not so good for the delicate digestion of a bird, although the crows were not so fussy.

I nourish the birds during the Winter with their salad of mixed seeds. It is the first thing I do in the morning to make sure they do not go hungry in the cold Winter weather.