I’ve begun to work on my 21 days of good habits – and this has led  to me meditating in the garden.

So, for the last two mornings I have done some breathing exercises and practiced some yoga moves.

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While trying to find peace and quietness in the chaos, I spotted a mother bird feeding her baby in a hole in the tree.

I was amazed at my finding, and watched mother bird dart backwards and forward making sure her baby was well fed.

By the time I had fetched my camera, the mother bird had vanished, and I assumed  she had left to hunt for food.

I wasn’t too stressed by her disappearance, as I was positive I would catch her being a busy mum later in the day.

I went back a few times to check on the duo, but now couldn’t see the cute baby bird popping its head out of the nest either.

I was pretty disappointed, and hoped they had moved onto a merrier yard.

But this got my bird watching juices flowing, and I walked around the garden trying to find some birds to photograph.

Gee whiz, this ain’t easy.

The walk became a frozen pose, then a strange stalker-ish movement before progressing to hiding under branches  and then crawling along on my knees.

“Oh goodness, I hope the neighbours aren’t watching,” I kept thinking.

Stealth, fast reactions, and being observant are certainly the skills one needs to catch these busy backyard birds.

The garden was alive with  humming bees, and the playing butterflies.

Mia – of course, closely in tow –  was wondering why her human was braving the morning drizzle and not tucked up in bed.

Trying to keep dead still was a fantastic opportunity for mosquitoes to have a field day – and I have a couple of nasty mozzie bites to show for it.

In between my hunt for birds (to photograph), the essential yet boring household chores raised their ugly head again.

Women are such talented multitaskers – I also diced up some veggies to prepare a butternut soup.

My bird shots were nothing close to those of the Andrew Pickles’ of the world, but as they say, practice makes perfect.

Mia was much happier that her human had moved from hovering pathetically in the rain to a warm kitchen.

Nothing like an overcast day, the sofa and a bowl of soup to take away any  Monday lockdown blues.

(And, give eating healthy a tick off the to-do-list).

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