Every time we think it can't possibly rain any more ....... it does! Although we shouldn't really complain, as we haven't been affected by floods, as some parts of the country have. Fortunately it was dry yesterday morning, so we were able to go out for a walk. First stop was at the river, where the heron was trying to keep his feathers in order, as the breeze kept ruffling them
The rhododendrons are in full flower
although this one has shed a lot of petals, they provide a colourful carpet under it
although I was some distance from this chicken run (I had the big lens on the camera), the chickens obviously spotted me and came running over - perhaps hoping that I had food for them!
We turned off from our usual route, along a street which has a stream running down the side
I'm not sure what this pump on the bank of the stream is for .......but it would look good in the garden!
We saw lots of this wildflower, which I have just tracked down in one of my wildflower books. It is valerian, but not native valerian, but one that has escaped from gardens
We returned to our usual route, and went down some stairs which run down the side of a waterfall. After all the rain we have had, there was a lots of water coming over the fall - we had to raise our voices over the noise!
After our walk, we popped into Sainsbury's to get the Sunday papers (and have a cuppa!). I noticed this new partwork - on special offer to entice shoppers to buy it. (sorry, it was hard to take to decent photo because of the cellophane packaging)
Of course I couldn't resist buying books of recipes with two such wonderful ingredients - Cadbury's Dairy Milk and Lyle's Golden Syrup.
yum!
not too sure about this one!
I have finished another of the stitcheries
and have almost finished quilting Lilly Pilly
The Euro 2012 Championships only started on Friday - and already I am suffering from a surfeit of football. So once I post this, I will fetch my ipod and listen to some music as I work on the next stitchery (occasionally annoying Malcolm when I start singing along to my favourite songs!)