A while back I spent ages trying to get a decent photo of the Red Kites that have infested our area. Failed dismally. Sitting in the garden the other day one swooped over the house and I managed to fire off a single shot as it went over. Better than any previous efforts. The time of day and direction of light was pretty much spot on. It’s a bit blurry but given it was a reflex shot it’s not too bad.

Jen took some much better shots of them recently.

The first time this happened I assumed a degree of laziness. Second time, I thought maybe it was due to our slightly wonky gate sticking and the courier was just throwing parcels over the fence. Today we had two parcels, carefully stacked in the middle of the path suggesting the courier either has a fucking good aim or had actually been through the gate. In which case I’m very concerned that he can’t find our house in our fairly small garden. I’d assumed the path from the gate to the front door might be a good clue, the postman, guests and all the other couriers seem to find it ok.

I have made a navigation guide for confused couriers.

(photo without stupid comments – any suggestions on the logic behind these actions).