Things I have enjoyed this week

I am just posting a few photographs from things I have enjoyed seeing this week. Why not!

Here is my cat Pippi, in all her furry loveliness.

We have quite a wide variety of fungi in the garden. Some of it is positively evil-looking, with puffs of khaki-coloured spores when punctured, others are black and slimy, and then under a bench I found this. It's a huge mushroom, 9" in diameter. (Those of you who work in metric will have to work that out! Sorry).

On Wednesday, as I headed off down the drive to the first meeting of our little book club (that should probably read 'wine club'), the early evening light, looking towards North Berwick law, was beautiful. The lavender strip across the middle is a field of red cabbages.

A flypast of geese this morning, chattering all the way, as they flew from east to west.

I am enjoying the field margins which are becoming more and more a feature of the countryside these days. I am delighted because it can only help the bio-diversity of our environment, and what could be better than that! The University of Reading has an interesting piece on the whys and wherefores of the field margins. It's worth a read.
http://www.ecifm.rdg.ac.uk/field_margins_and_conservation_strips.htm

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In a vase on Monday - colour

The intense colours in my vase this week come from nasturtiums, sweetpeas and a single glorious zinnia! Their beauty and love of life speak for themselves and need no further words from me! Enjoy!

Early morning light

There have been some cracking early morning skies this week. The sunrise has generated a strong rose gold light which has been picked up not only in the clouds but also through the silver-white grasses around the edge of the golf course. I always marvel at the clouds. Constantly changing, formations that have never been seen before, never to be seen again.

Coastal walk from Gullane to North Berwick

By the time I have walked about four miles, my toes are screaming at me - it's the arthritis, you see. One of the joys of being that little bit older than I was. However, for a long time, I have been keen to walk along the beaches, and follow the coastal path, between Gullane and North Berwick. So, having worked out the tide times, I decided today was the day, and off we went. Below is our starting point, the bay at Gullane. It's a lovely beach, very popular with dog walkers. This is looking east, the direction Tilly and I were going to take. Looking back, up the Forth, the unmistakable bulk of Arthur's Seat, and Edinburgh's skyline, just clear enough to see. For most of the walk, there is the choice between wandering along a series of beaches, or following a path along the top of each. There's no denying it, at heart I am a shell-seeker. I have loads of shells at home. We lived on one of the out islands in the Bahamas for a just over a year, ...

the running wave

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