Ya know, Deb, those balls in the garden protect you against all sorts of evil spirits, especially witches, they say, AND they attract fairies, according to lore of yore. Sure that's just an ordinary bird you got there?????
My God, you have a gorgeous property!
"Every now and then I leave the book on the seat and go and have a refreshing potter among my flower beds from which I return greatly benefited, and with a more just conception of what is worth bothering about, and what is not." The Solitary Summer -- Elizabeth von Arnim
