Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day........

Christmas Day

Had a quiet day. Went a walk in the morning with this pair.

Bright and breezy.

Came across this sight - who'd have believed we're in a land locked county.
Just missed it bathed in sunshine.

Came home with dirty boots, clothes and a dog!
We all needed a bath, not at the same time though.

Parasols

Parasol mushrooms at Calke Abbey.

 

Had a lovely walk at Calke Abbey and went foraging with the camera.

Saw these parasol mushrooms on the way in and went back to see them.

The blue thing is my mitt and is about 6" long - it's there to give an idea of

the size of the parasol.

They were huge, about the size of a dinner plate and in various stages of

development.

 

Getting things done.

Well, hasn't it been an odd week. I took this phot of these yellow
tulips in my garden this week.........

and today this sad looking collared dove was sheltering in the
bird table.

I have been doing some work and it's now finished. I've still got to

edit the photos. It's my contribution to the Sketchbook Project.

Bluebells and Inspiration

The first bluebells coming through at Calke Abbey.

 I like to see things like this............not the 3 for 2!

 How good is this and it smelt great too.

Views

I'm always on the look out for a good view.
This one is at Calke Abbey just above the top car park. You have to
stand in a certain spot.

 This is at the Elvaston Castle Old English Walled Garden.

I don't make textiles like this but images like this do influence
what I do.

New addition

We have a new addition to our garden. This bird table was made by my
grandpa a very long time ago and was never used. My other half added
a leg and I added the roofing felt. It was abit parky out there this
morning. We just have to give the birds time to find it. There is
another bird feeder about two yards away.