I managed to zoom in with the scope and get these pics, but they are not great as he was a long way away.

He is a beautiful bird with white stripes over each eye – however I don’t want him to prey on our garden wildlife! But as every in nature, what will be, will be.

We are still experiencing very cold temps into the -20′s excluding windchill which takes it to nearer -30C. Last Friday we experienced a mini heat wave and by early evening temps had risen to a barmy +2C, however by Saturday morning we were down to -19C – an amazing drop overnight.

It’s budget day tomorrow so we will have to see what Mr Harper has in store for us. Of course his job and his government are also on the line with the Liberals and NDP baying for his blood and ready to oppose the budget and force either a coalition government or another election. Just what this country needs at this time of economical turmoil.

Eventually Harper got to prorogued parliament, or rather the Governor General has so everything is on standstill till end of January – we will see what happens then.

On a more important note, I need a new pair of oven gloves and have tried everywhere to find them. Why you might ask? Well, there are lots about it just seems that my hands are small and all gloves are far too big for me. This will make them dangerous as my fingers do not come to the ends of the fingers and I will not be able to grip dishes properly. So, come on oven glove manufacturers, learn that women and men come in different sizes and not all women have hands the size of dinner plates!

Oh well, I will just have to stop cooking till I find a pair that fits!

Just six weeks ago Canada went to the polls to vote. At the time we had a minority Conservative government. After the polls we still had a minority Conservative government but with more of a minority than before i.e. they gained a lot more seats but not enough to get a majority. The Liberals lost lots of seats.

Now we find ourselves with a looming coalition government. The Liberals, NBP and the Bloc Quebecois have got together to try to oust Stephen Harper out of power. Regardless of who you support this type of government cannot work, particularly with the involvement of a party that wants to divide Canada completely. Anyone who thinks that these three parties can work together in harmony for the good of Canada is crazy – no three parties can possibly do this successfully.

The Canadian people had their say a few weeks ago and elected a Conservative government they did not vote for a coalition. If this is now an option we should be allowed to vote again and know what we are voting for. Now it seems that the Governor General who is an unelected body can decide to give power to an unelected coalition government.

In the current economic climate the country needs stability and the current government offers that. Okay not everyone supports Stephen Harper, but surely an established government is a much better bet than a coalition which includes the Bloc who are a separatist party.

I believe that the coalition should not be allowed to simply take over without the Canadian voting public having a say. If the public vote the coalition in, then fine, but if not then they should step down and let the Conservatives govern. By allowing the coalition to take over now goes against the democracy of Canada and basically says to all voting Canadians – your vote last month meant nothing and we are ignoring your views altogether and doing exactly what we want. It says they do not care about Canadians or Canada but rather they put their own demands for power ahead of everything. This is not the sort of people I personally want governing the country I live in.

Okay, now I will step off my soapbox and relax – breathe – relax – breathe…..