Beckley Sky

 

Rather that show the clouds I took from my garden early this week I though some of the the Oxfordshire countryside more apt being  as I was out visiting some churches near Beckey. Before going on to the last one I stopped to have a coffee that I had brought with me, while drinking it I decided to go out near where I pared and get some photos. 

This is what Beckley is know for the Transmitters which serve Oxford and where we receive our TV programs from,  the aerials on the house roofs point in that direction 

Across the road you can see across the crops towards Forest Hill

Looking this way looks towards Headington near Oxford

Looking a little left the edge of Forest hill comes back into view

Last look at the transmitter sky

Happy Skywatch

The Robin Pt 2

 

Yesterday on WW I posted a photo of a robin the lives in our garden. A little wile ago it built a nest in a box I put up for that purpose. Well it had some you young and the reason for that beak full of worms was to feed them. It is quite tame and hopes around your feet to collect them while we work in the garden even trilling at you to dig some more when it cannot get any.

This morning on the patio I spotted something hopping around then on to a flower pot 

A fluffy little robin

Have a look around

I'll just close my eyes

Ah Food 

The Robin

 

 

Spring has Sprung

 

1st April it was nice & sunny so I took a walk around the garden to see how the plants were growing

This flower bed was bursting with colour

The blues and yellows complimenting each other

Even had some snake head flatteries

a beautiful display of tulips

Daffodils around the rose

Marsh Marigolds flowering

Primroses in the daffodils

And second magnolia in full bloom

Taking Part in My Little Corner of the World  Our World Tuesday and Imag-in-ing, you can find all the links in the right hand column Take care everyone.

 

 

 

St Mary Magdaline Shabbington

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Mary Magdaline Shabbington in Buckinghamshire, a nice little church just inside the the county boundary.

Moonlit Magnolia

 Wondering what to do for Skywatch after not really having any photos I thought of some thing different. A few nights ago I let the Dog out the back and noticed the Moon shining through the magnolia tree. The patio light was shining on the tree lighting it up, a little fake moonlight

 

Below a closer view

 

Zooming out

Back to the start

Happy Skywatch

 

In need of a Home

 

Another Development

 

 There always seems to be more land disappearing from around the village like so many other villages greedy developers have their eyes on land they can built on. After finishing one development they long to get on with another on the pretence of housing for people to buy. The Councils are no better rubbing their hands with glee with the exception of development money and council taxes. The developers of East End Farm had already planed the next one before the one they were building had finished with planning going in. Panning was passed and the land south of the farm was next.

This photo of the field with poppies would be the last time you would see them flowering here in June 2020

 January 2021 and I looked across the field towards the Development that had been finished in 2020 at East end Farm from By Blackhalls Farm

A trailer was stood near the Farm

In the few months since the development was finished people had walking along the edge of the field starting an unofficial footpath

Come March I walked the same route and noticed a pile of safety fencing

The fencing had been laid out in a line awaiting erection

The path to the estate by now clearly defined 

I came back a few weeks later to see what had happened, the fencing was up

And to my surprise they left the path

At the other end of the field a sign telling you what would be their soon. I'll show you what in six months 

Construction had started

This view will change in the next few months and will be  housing

Taking Part in My Little Corner of the World  Our World Tuesday and Imag-in-ing, you can find all the links in the right hand column Take care everyone.

Psalm Sunday

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Laurence Eynsham, a church that is built beside where Eynsham Abbey used to be, visit the link to see the church. Tomorrow is Psalm Sunday where Jesus entered Jerusalem on the back of a Donkey and the people waved psalms at him. In church you are given a psalm cross to keep for a year. I was reminded of the day while out for a walk today and passing the retired school teachers house who has the cabinet with the teddy display. To one side is a smaller one with another display, this one had the Psalm Sunday scene I thought that this would be a more apt photo for today.

 Jesus rides on the donkey

Friday Sky

 

After posting  last week I thought about what to do the next week and on the Friday looking out over the garden the clouds provided the answer again

The sun reflecting on the blossom with a dark background

Even with a little blue sky peeking through

Looking over the near by houses gave a dramatic sky

Out the back the sky over the house next door

Going upstairs to the bedroom the sky looked very dramatic over the village

Out the bathroom Velox window the sun still shone on the blossom

Happy Skywatch