Because it was such a beautiful day, I thought I would relieve the pressure on Hampstead Heath by staying put in my garden. So this is early morning at the boating pond a couple of days ago.
My good intentions had been to hack some more ivy but by the time that I had proof read our next book with Anna Del Conte and mulled over possible illustrations, somehow my ivy hacking enthusiasm seemed to have evaporated.
(And are you intrigued by ‘our next book with Anna Del Conte’? I hope so… Simply Italian, Simply Gluten Free – Sub heading: Mostly Milk Free, Mostly Meat Free, Lactose free or Low Lactose. Which, translated, means around 90 of Anna’s wonderful classical Italian recipes adjusted by me to be suitable for those on gluten-free or milk free/low lactose diets. Hopefully available on Amazon with the next couple of weeks. Watch this space…)
So, I sat in the garden and read last week’s copy of the Week (why am I always a week behind?) and listened to the birdsong. It is hard to see this little robin but he is perched on a branch on the holly tree in the middle of the picture and is singing his little heart out!
(If you want to hear him you will need to click onto the blog, not read it in the email notification, as the email does not include the video.)
And now I am sitting and watching the sun go down. It is pretty but nowhere hear as spectacular as the sunset that Jane Dean photographed for us at Peter Hill, overlooking Morecombe Bay where she is caring for both an elderly mother and an elderly husband…
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As an elderly friend of Michelle I am thrilled to see the pics of the Heath in all it’s different forms, ever changing. It’s frightening to think that there was a time when those ‘in charge’ decided the Heath was superfluous to the needs of Londoners and there were those who agreed. Fortunately common sense prevailed as told most interestingly in a book ‘How The Heath Was Saved’ by Helen Lawrence, recently published by the Camden History Sociey.
Carry on Michelle giving us something lovely to look at, besides our own four walls.
I am so glad you are enjoying them, Nella. OMG – what a disaster building over the heath would have been – I shudder at the very thought. Thank you for the suggestion of the book – will track it down. M