lady blackbird - HFF!

Thank you, Léopold. That is awfully kind of you! Sorry for answering so late, even working from home can keep one pretty busy...

Thank you so much for your kind and articulated comment, Raingirl. For the addition to the group the merit goes to my kind visitors who leave me suggestions for groups (I think in this instance it was probably Léopold). I tried to check out groups that I could join, but I get lost: there are so many! So I really appreciate that those more knowledgeable than me leave suggestions.
Lady Blackbird and I continue to be on good terms. She is probably a bit disappointed that I haven't been pulling weeds much recently. Like you, I am either too lazy or too tenderhearted with weeds: for the most part they seem too interesting, resilient or even too pretty in their own right and the only ones I actually pull are nettles (as a matter of self-defence) and parietaria (because my husband is allergic to it). I don't mind the wild state of my garden. And you are right, it does feel like having a miniature woodland just outside the backdoor. I do have a collection of potted plants, mostly rescues from the garden of a plant loving neighbour who died suddenly a few years ago, and two hydrangea bushes I inherited from the previous owners of the house and a rosebush I planted over the the spot where we buried our feline companion when she went to the Great Hunting Grounds of the Spirit. Those make for occasional photos of non-wild flowers, the rest is pretty much an urban jungle :)))

You pulling nettles is like me pulling English Ivy. The only plant I readily drag out of the ground. It has taken over the fir woods in many areas, chocking out native plants. If it wouldn't kill off the trees it grows up and around, I wouldn't mind it so much.

Glad Lady Blackbird and you are still happy together. I've seen people completely be-friend wild birds (in some online videos). A great thing to get to do!

You are in Florence, yes? I have been there once. We met some lovely Italians living there who showed us their Florence including an evening street fair filled with only Italians, no tourists. That is my favorite way to travel. I belong to an international peace organization called Servas (only virtual travel at the moment of course). It is a host/traveller organization. I've travelled and met people with it, and for years have been a host. People come and stay for just a couple nights, so no over staying, but enough to get to know someone. Usually people eat dinner together. The rest is up to the people involved. Sometimes it's just a bed and a meal, sometimes it's full on showing one around, sometimes it's helping with chores and the running of the family day. It's all wonderful.

(Please excuse me if I'm wrong about where you are located...)

Great image!!!