May 2017

I decided to walk from Astcote to Greens Norton. My friend had said that I needed to walk more so that seemed a good idea. It was a boiling hot day and certainly took a lot longer than I had expected! I did quite enjoy the scenery, though and had a feeling of achievement at the end, when I did get home.

On the way back I discovered that the traffic was at a standstill on the A5 so I would have been stuck that day by car anyway!

I had been to Gozo in March and walked from Xlendi to Victoria too. I got more coffee there, though!

April 2017

Somehow, I have managed to be so occupied that I haven't been keeping this up-to-date - and now I have nearly two years to cach up with!! So I shall cheat a little with a few photos from each month since April 2017 and then change the publish date.

Daughters Katie and Bryony surprise me at a meal in the new place in the High Street, Towcester.

Apple blossom is always really pretty at this time.

I had a problem with some animals determined to get into the bin which contained lots of grain. I tried very hard to keep the lid closed but every night he or she managed to defeat my efforts! Here are just one set of the 'before' and 'after' pictures!!

March 2017

A tree near Eastcote that didn't survive Storm Doris.

Daffodils appear at last in Astcote, and crocuses too.

This pond should look completely different in a short while. Watch this space!

Lambs enjoying doing what lambs do best at this time of year!

September

The last instalment of catching up with the Summer brings me to this evening's wonderful Moon after more wildlife and an eclipse yesterday.

The Woodpecker is still around.

So is the bizzard, but I keep missing him or her!!

Butterflies are a bit easier to focus on.

As I said, butterflies are a lot less trouble..

It rained quite a bit one week

Lots and lots of damsons on Maggie's tree

I don't know whether herons like damsons.

The Blue Moon Eclipse at 3am, 27 September

The Moon is still pretty red tonight.

August

More catching up from the Summer. These are mainly for the benefit of people who missed them and may not look at Facebook or Google much. So some of you may have seen these before.

A jackdaw that really wasn't anything like this close but he did sit still for longer than usual.

This fellow was also probably looking for the buzzard.

A Woodpecker was a regular visitor to the paddock this year

Mattis eemed to think it was cold despite the sun in August!

July

Continuing the catch up from Summer, here are some more butterflies and some birds and a duck.

June

As I haven't written anything here for ages I thought I'd do a month at a time and add suitable photos from each.

Nice honeysuckle

Nasty deadly nightshade

The good and the bad around here in June. The honeysuckle is keeping my house smelling good all summer. But the pond has a huge deadly nightshade bush. Luckily it's mostly around the back and no-one goes there much.