Aprils fools day which I seem to forget about now as I get older. At least there was no fooling the walk we took with the puppy on this morning.
Lambs by the fence being watched by mother
No doubt the first time they have seen a puppy which was looking at them
Things were starting to come into leaf
Catkins looked worth a photo
With blue sky as a background
On the way back I noticed this little blighter sunning itself
Happy SkyWatch
Hope your not fed up with Roses as I have a few more this week as more have come into bloom
Section of the roses growing in our garden
This one Veilchenblau is now starting to come out in another few days it will be covered in blue roses
Rosa Califorinca which is flowering well
There are quite a few I forgot the name of but this one is doing well this year after being moved
Foxgloves we have in abundance
The lupines I am pleased to see growing as some of them I grew in the greenhouse
Another rose flowering well
This week the Church Explorer visits St Michael & All Angels Great Tew which is set back off the road in the grounds of the Great Tew Estate. the church has a lot of history surrounding it and has a stunning effigy in the chancel
This is one from March I forgot and taken the week I noticed the Swans starting to nest and a few days before a post I showed a few weeks ago called Reflective moments and if you thought they were reflective then wait till you see these
The moon was just going down
Two hours later we took the puppy for a walk and I noticed the swan had started nesting
Further up the lake it was mirror like
Reflecting the hills and the trees in the water
Even the brown leaves showed in the reflection
Just like everything was upside down
Looking back a slight haze could be seen
Happy SkyWatch
Update on the swan nesting
Last time I looked and saw the swans nesting, on my return the other day I walked past the nest and my heart dropped as I noticed one solitary egg, I though they had deserted the nest
A few yards further along and I saw the swans with cygnets
All seven of them
The parents keeping an eye on them all the time
The cygnets stayed close
Mother and young
Take Care
This week the Church Explorer visits St Mary the Virgin Chipping Norton a Cathedral like church with some amazing features to see and Tomb effigies to view
Back in March my wife & I took a trip to a place called Greys Court a Tudor House not that far from where I live, it is looked after by the National Trust and we took our puppy there for a walk around the grounds. You can read more in the link above and the sky as you will see was far from Grey.
Happy SkyWatch
I always say you cannot have enough roses and I notice we had more blooming when I went to my greenhouse
I went to check on my plants growing
On the way there I passed this rose that was in flower
So when I went to get compost from the area I keep it I passed this rose
This is the bush where the pink rose is I showed you last week
This one called rosa californica is one my wife grew from the original one we still have growing on the other side of the garden. It will be full of blooms in a few days
