Lovely visit from the family today. Had a very pleasant walk up to a local viewpoint, followed by a pub meal. My little niece didn’t want to go home!

Lovely visit from the family today. Had a very pleasant walk up to a local viewpoint, followed by a pub meal. My little niece didn’t want to go home!

The lovely ceiling in our parish church, with decorations for today’s music festival, which was a splendid occasion, celebrating just some of the rich musical talent in our fairly small town.

Hello, little Geum flower, how pretty you are.

First poppies have appeared in my wildflower planter. Always delightful.

Had a little walk round Kingston Lacy this afternoon – gave the new camera a bit of an outing. Very pleased with the results; relatively easy to take decent photos with it, although I have a lot more exploring of its functions to do…









Just returned from my first exercise class in years. Zumba for -ahem- older people. It was good, back trouble notwithstanding. Plus I managed to fall over when doing some weeding yesterday, twisting my ankle, elbow and shoulder. So, my movements were slightly restricted. 😇
Beautiful display of rhododendrons at Exbury Gardens, in Hampshire, today

Lovely sunny day & one of my favourite walks completed: May Beck to Falling Foss & back.

The beautiful colours of a peacock. I may have taken a lot of photos of them today…

The makers of my favourite pencil sharpener have just launched their new Kickstarter. I backed it. Of course.