Is Nearly Here.

As promised the rain came. The sweet song of the Robin was in the air. Watching raindrops on the leaves dropping steadily and quietly.
The Virginia Creeper is growing nicely and won't be long and it will be in it's autumn colours.
Autumn is nearly upon us, I can sort of smell and feel it in the air.

Skeins Of Geese

A beautiful sight of not one but two skeins of geese flying home to roost against the early evening sunset. No rain today!

Fox By The Wall.

Walking along the path at night just with the street lamp on a fox sat by the wall watching me, then it darted into to my garden and hid under the hedge till I walked passed then  it ran off.

Fire , cornfield.

A cornfield was on fire, heard the crackling of the dry corn, the fire service had it under control.

Cawing.

The cawing of the raven on a gloomy day,adds to the atmosphere. Elderberries are waiting to be picked,hanging around in clusters.

Pied Wagtail.

A grey and drizzly day, a pied wagtail, said hello and flew off. The grass seems to be recovering from the hot weather, not so brown now and beginning to get green again. A field of oats stands tall and proud.

Few Yards.

A partridge, a herd of deer and a squirrel all in a few yards of each other. The blackberries are really growing well, a bumper crop I think this year.

8 Swans.

8 swans on a river in France. Watching the sun goes down over the sea in Calais breath taking the colours.

Greeted By A Moth.

A huge moth greeted me in the little room. Male blackbird feeding his very  hungry chicks and not quickly enough!

Soft Rain.

Enjoyed a late evening walk in the soft rain, watching the ever changing sky. Also doing the slug and snail dance. Rather refreshing the soft rain.

Sweet Sound.

The sweet sound of the resident robin greeted me when I opened the back door this morning. Then looked down and the slugs and snails decided to rainbathe as we had rain overnight and in the morning.

3 Different Butterflies.

Just leaving the house I disturb some butterflies, a brown meadow, a tortoiseshell and now I think a rare one for my neck of the woods a peacock one.
Woken up in the early hours of the morning by a fox and her cubs making a noise like they do. It took me ages to get back to sleep.

Daughter's Cat.

Looking after my daughter's cat and as I walked to her house a lone parakeet flew over chattering away, then as I neared the house I think it was the same one it flew back to the direction it first came from, the cemetery.
Daughter's cat is more an outdoor cat he sits and waits for me and I found out that he likes sleeping on the trampoline. He doesn't wander bless him, I see him twice a day. He has got plenty of shade food and water that I make sure of especially in this heat and today is going to be hot.

Ladybirds.

Rescuing ladybirds from the hot pavements and putting them on the grass under the trees where it's a bit cooler and shadier.
The Virginia Creeper I planted last year which I thought I lost is coming into life.

Small thunderstorm.

A yellowish orangish sunset against a grey sky, then a huge flash of lightning lights up the sky, then a small rumble of thunder but no rain yet. Then the rain falls like big old fashioned pennies.

First Time.

First time using the garden waste bin, glad it's going to make compost which local residents can buy cheaply. An overcast day with a few light showers. Spiders galore at the moment.

Heron.

A heron sits on top of the shed, watching the fish in the pond. The pond does have a net over it.

A Swan, A Sheep.

A swan and a sheep sitting side by side on the riverbank a wonderful sight, they looked so happy and contented in each other's company.

Busy In The Country.

Brown meadow butterflies and grasshoppers in the fields nearby. Hay being cut and haystacks being made.