Walking round the bottom of the men’s swimming pond two days ago I saw the pair of swans who are normally to be found on the boating pond setting out purposefully from the bank. But only seconds later they changed their minds and headed equally purposefully back towards me. They were obviously ambivalent about where …
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Two gates, two trees and some birds
Some random images for Friday evening. Our first gate – up behind the Kenwood Dairies and looking across to the meadows. And then back across the heath later in the afternoon – the entrance into the ‘Athlone House garden’, a little section of the garden of Athlone House (the huge red brick Victorian mansion four …
Dead hedging
As I walked down my path to the heath yesterday I noticed not only that the space looked different but that there was activity afoot. I stopped to talk to one of the guys working there who told me that this was not hedge laying – when you partially cut through the stem of small …
Mist to midday sun
A weak sun tries to break through the mist – early morning in my garden. But only a few hours later it was slanting through the trees onto the pond at the bottom of my path down to the heath. Further on, some people had brought their sarnies and their flasks and were basking in …
A little peace please…….
After all the dramatic events of the last 24 hours in Washington – not to mention ever rising COVID figures here in the UK – I thought that what we probably needed was a little peaceful contemplation. So – the Boating Pond (always the most photogenic!) in yesterday’s late afternoon sun. Down at the bottom …
Yellow for cheer – and sorting out the swans
A cold, wet, grey afternoon did little to lift lockdown gloom so I was very happy to have taken this picture two days ago. Only speckles of yellow for now but when spring arrives this whole bush will be washed in sunshine! To be fair to the rain, it did give a polished sheen to …