Saturday Sorted.

A mid morning walk today as I was slightly later up and then rang my Dad and chatted to him for an hour which was nice.  

Ships out at sea.

Countryside views.

Crows on the field.

A nice place to stop for a while.

To watch the view.

Rhododendron starting to flower.

Back at home...

Flowers I received yesterday as a thank you for the little rag dolls I gave my neighbour.

I went up to the garden to pick some produce for lunch:

The first radishes, salad leaves and celery.

All very tasty indeed.

Lovely view while I ate lunch.

I watched a crow chase a buzzard - you can see the buzzard has his head turned upwards in this photo.

This afternoon I sat out and wrote in my journal.

Such a clear division between the sky and sea today.

The moon in the sky.

Another buzzard.

Up in our sycamore tree.

Flying off again.

I managed to capture quite a few shots.

The beautiful clematis up the side of our house.

I spent quite a bit of time in the garden this afternoon.  Mowing the back lawn, although didn't manage to finish it as the batteries just don't last long enough, so will finish it tomorrow.

Badgers had got into my compost bin and made a right mess.

Basically they emptied it completely!  The compost was doing really well too.  

I cleaned up what was left.

and put heavier and more bricks/slabs in front of it.

The potatoes are growing nicely.

The peas will soon be ready to attach themselves to the string.

Gooseberries are coming along nicely.

I think I might dig this clump of grass stuff out!

A Corizus hyoscyami  (commonly called a cinnamon bug)

The beetle was on a plant on the bank beside the shed which got me thinking as I looked at it.

Such a mess...

I had a closer look at there are a couple of brick walls and tiers, so I thought I would start clearing it to make it a more useful space and garden.

Looking clearer.

I've moved the water butt out as it wasn't actually attached to anything to collect water and was blocking the pathway to the area.  It will be easier to access the shed now as well.

I will do some more work on it this coming week.