Favourite pastimes

You've heard before how much I our backyard when the weather is right, and I can wander about, or just sit and observe. Because of what you can see. Like this:

This lovely bird decided to look for food on the lawn and was arrogantly unafraid of cats who might be in the vicinity, and simply hopped about for nearly 10 minutes.

And then a little later in the evening, as the sun was setting, we got a lovely mix of colours: