What I learnt today. It involves snacking, but not, for just this once, by me.
I was moving stuff around and found a box of mixed nuts (walnuts, almonds, cashews etc) that someone had given me a while back for my snacking requirements. They were somewhat stale, so I offered them to the local bird population to help them through this unusually cold winter. Within an hour they had all disappeared from my window sill.
Except the almonds. Fussy birds! Maybe they are waiting for me to peel them! Ungrateful little blighters!