magpie, seeds, sticks

The the feathers on this magpie's back seem to shine and to reflect the blue of the sky.

This morning while the sun is still out I sow seeds of spinach and set out some dill plants which I have been bringing on in the greenhouse.

I always seem to be short of  sticks to prop up the garden peas which are coming on well just now. That is the explanation for my behaviour if anyone sees me and wonders why, like an old man in a fairy story, I am collecting branches blown down from  trees in The Grove and elsewhere.