Splash

 Torrential rain has been the order of the day. But woke up to a sunny morning cool but nice. The ravens having a tug of war over some bread by the looks of things. Parakeets chattering to each other as they do a fly past. Broken branches and twigs . Puddles galore oh to be a child again in red shiny wellies and splash to my heart’s content. 

Slugs Snails And All That

 Huge slugs so big that you can’t miss them and fat! Don’t like them but wouldn’t hurt them. Doing the snail dance so many especially on the garden path. But no worms yet.  Rain again but gentle rain at the moment. Honeysuckle has got berries now looking rather cute with raindrops on them . 

Birds

 A grey dull rainy start to the day. Misty overnight. Warm but a lot cooler than of late more comfortable. Watching the birds at the feeders next door. Crows jays sparrows are the order of the day. One bird nearly flew into the open window but at the last minute lt flew up and around . 

Caterpillar?

 Looking at the small garden shed thinking that’s a big caterpillar on the roof, then the wind blew it and then I realised  was a dead brown leaf. 

Fresh Morning

 A wonderful fresh start to the day not to hot at the moment . The thunderstorm really cleared the air . Watching a spider spin it’s web so delicate but strong nature at its best 

Storm

 A lone bird flies past fast as to get away from the raging storm. A huge thunderbolt decides to visits the back garden . One huge flash , bang then a huge clap of thunder. Now the sun is out playing with the rain wind thunder and lightning.  

Puff!

 An extremely hot humid day thunder clouds sail pass but no thunder or rain at the moment. So quiet no bird song no insects of any sort not even  a breeze just a slight puff of air every now and again. 

3 Small Creatures

 A brown meadow butterfly settles on a nearby thistle. A ladybird/bug, hides amongst the grass blades trying  not to get trodden on, and no it was not trodden on, went along it’s merry way. A baby snail on the old broken down washing machine sunbathing in the early morning light , before  the sun really hotted up. 

Hello

 My friends the raven was sitting in the beech tree squawked hello as I passed underneath the tee and the pigeon nearby not wanted to be left out cooed hello. The resident robin just sat in the bush having a good look and listen to what was going on .  

Grasshopper

 Walking up the path a little creature jumped in front of me , a grasshopper haven’t seen one of those for a long while. I remembered when I was young trying to catch them, never did catch them they was always to quick for me. 

Came The Rain

 The promised rain came in the night. A bedraggled pigeon sits on the fence looking sorry for itself. A pheasant sits on a low slung wire stretching across the field, looking this way and that way. Seems to be happy 

Music

 A walk-in a meadow and woods was very up lifting the rain that was promised never came. The rustling of the leaves as the wind moved through them was gentle . Saw peacock butterflies, red admiral butterflies and tortoiseshell butterflies.  The different trees and the ivy what covered them was a sight to behold. The trickling of a stream and a gentle waterfall added to the music of nature , birds in the distance adding their song.  A glorious day . 

Family

 The Canadian geese family took a walk around the pond. Parents and five youngsters. They all seemed to be enjoying themselves. Then they decided to have a run and a flap off wings. Then walked around the pond again. 

No Mention Of Weather

 The resident robin has appeared after being away for a while, you could and still can hear him sing but not seen him. Haven’t a clue why he hasn’t been around. He has been missed.

The black cat decided to try and catch the squirrel but the squirrel turned round and went for the cat and in doing so startled the cat that the cat fell of the fence. It slunked home and the squirrel went on it’s way. 

Snails and Moles

 Snails slow? I don’t think so . You should of seen the snail going up the garden path , it was going at top speed. Maybe to get out if the rain. A friend has got molehills in their garden and they are pleased first time they had them. 

Hop Skip Jump

 Was joined by my friend the raven, hop skip and jump the raven not me! Up the path we both went up, he left me at my gate and cawing away he was . Few heavy rain showers but not as bad as it could be. 

Delicately

 A very late sunset turned the sky into a pink and soft lavender heaven , then the grey rain clouds came bowling in. Rained all night. A single pigeon on the chimney pot cooing away delicately to itself. 

Pretty

 A pleasant sunny morning for a change. The magpie couple were quite near me so I happened to see their lovely plumage. And with the sun shining on them the colours really stood out. The resident robin is heard but not seen . And everything nearly everything is overgrown with all 5he rain we had. But it looks nice seeing the wildflowers blooming even dare I say it the weeds some of them are actually pretty.