Spring and Bronzewing Pigeons

This morning early I saw a pair of bronzewing pigeons just out from the pond in front of the kitchen window. We have heard one booming away for quite some weeks but to see a pair is very exciting because it must mean our place is suited to them. They generally like open woodland and as we are only 5 or so acres in the midst almost of all vineyards it is truly remarkable.

Our gardening man came early this morning to continue clearing a lot of deadwood. The dead peach tree had a lot of amazing fungi growing on it  so before he cut it down, took some fotos of it. Then continued taking more photos as I am breaking in new batteries.Everything is in flower, the quince tree is looking beautiful alongside the D'Argent plum which looks like a veiled bride.
My music friends arrived later in the morning and we are continuing with Papa Haydn's trio.It seems a slow learning curve as we have all had a rather stressful week and had not practiced the difficult passages. We always revert back to playing Telemann and Bach though this time we also played the Beatles song "when I'm 65"! My friends left early because we all had things to attend to.