Mother's Day

Track of the day - Whirly-Bird - Count Basie.

It's Mother's Day in the UK so there's a gale blowing outside, it's just started raining and there's snow on the way.
What more could all you mothers desire?

If at first you don't...

Nature didn't design this little bird to feed from a block of fat but who said everything in life has to be easy?
Dedication and determination are worth more than sleek design in Bogsville.

Life must be pretty difficult right now for the Pakistan one day international cricket team, dumped out of the World Cup on St. Patrick's Day by dedicated and determined part-timers from Ireland.
A team of undoubted superstars, Pakistan failed to adapt to the playing conditions in the West Indies.
On a normal test wicket Pakistan should have totally humiliated Ireland but the wicket wasn't a normal test wicket and the extra grass on the playing surface proved to be too great a leveler.

Today England take on Canada.
After yesterday's result anything could happen.

Blissfully unaware of his design faults, the robin continues to feed from the fat block.