The first thing I do, once we have unpacked our car, which has been groaning with all the stuff we need for a week's stay in the holiday cottage, is head for the outer gardens of Colonsay House. It is a place of wonder for me! I particularly love the leaves of the giant rhododendrons. There are many different varieties, all planted in the early 1930s. The outer gardens are generally overgrown, having had little tending over the decades. That makes them even more magical! The old woodmill falls apart a little more every year, but that's fine by me because I love corrugated iron and especially if it's rusted! And of course the bees. Colonsay's beekeeper, Andrew Abrahams, has one of his apiaries on the edge of the pine wood. So lovely - the hum of busy bees and the heady smell of the pines. We are here - finally! Delayed by four months by the wretched virus, but now I am on holiday! Hooray!
I love hares, but rarely see any down here in Cornwall. Are these on your lawn?
ReplyDeleteNo, this is actually the same hare. I saw him/her earlier this afternoon, in a huge field about quarter of a mile away. It started to run towards me, stopped for a bit, and then turned round and loped off back across the field! Seeing a hare is always a thrill and takes my breath away! Fabulous creatures, and a privilege to have them so close by! A
DeleteWhat brilliant photos of that hare. So majestic. x
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Leicestershire, I used to take my grandson to school each morning, using some of the many footpaths through the fields. We would see hares most mornings, standing upright in pairs, looking for all the world as though they were gossiping or putting the world to rights. Even when I had my dog with me, the hares weren't phased in the least, which totally un-nerved my dog!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like an idyllic walk to school! Lucky chap, and lucky you to see those fabulous creatures so often. They bewitch me! A
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