Blue Monday - What a Walk!

A gorgeous blue sky today!  A very productive morning spent in the garden and then in the afternoon I went for a rather long walk - much further than I had originally intended - so this post will just be photos I took on my walk.  You might want to make a cuppa!

These almost look like a field of poppies, but they are not.

Down a narrow road

Signs to give a choice of which way to go

Further I wander down the Byway.

Looking across dry fields.  

You can see how little rain we have had.  The only green in the fields are crops, not grass.

A foxglove growing wild.

Looking across at villages - this one is Wroxall

This one is Ventnor

A patchwork of fields and sky

You can see another beach in the distance here.

More signs, which way shall I go?

I didn't quite make it to this monument today as it was time to turn back, but next time I will pack a lunch and leave in the morning so I have more time to explore.

Shall I go this way?

Or this way?

Sheep grazing in the fields

Looking down on Whitwell

Some steps

A memorial seat

Just the place to leave one of my Kiwi rocks...off the more popular tracks I wonder who will find it?

Through a little grove of trees

A little oasis?

These fishing lakes were a surprise.

A family of geese

Two cute little goslings 

Such elegance

In duplicate

I didn't go any nearer to them as I didn't want to disturb them.

More signposts showing the way.  

A little sparrow

Cows in a field that I had to walk past.

Tiny ponies in another field

A horse and a donkey

Come on luv show us your smile!

So what do you think of that then?

A marbled white on my way home.

Throughout my walk there were an abundance of butterflies.  At once stage I was walking through what felt like a field of them as they all fluttered around me as I walked, it was amazing.

Three Mile Thursday

That is just what I did walking and working in the garden today!

I made more of an effort today to get outside and went for a lovely new walk this morning that took me into Whitwell, then Niton and home.  It was a nice almost circular walk and a good contrast to what I normally do.

A pair of geese on a pond with their goslings.  

I didn't take many photos on my walk today...I did try and get one of a little bird, but some people came up behind me with a couple of dogs and scared it away.

The newly ploughed and sowed fields are looking really green with the 

My rosebush by my gate.

It is really beautiful.

I took this through the patio doors as I was eating lunch today, so not the best photo of the crow taking a bath.

I discovered paved edging round the side garden that runs up the fence line today so started to clear it.

Already starting to look a bit better.

Once cleared properly this will make it easier to mow as well.

I mowed the whole back and top garden with the exception of the orchard today.

This tree is clearly dead so I decided to cut it back as far as I could.

Eventually I will replace this with another tree.  

Fruit on a tree...not sure what!

Salad vegetables growing well.  I had some with my lunch today.

Chard growing well.  I picked off some leaves to have with my dinner.

Love finding different flowers starting to bloom in the garden, a constant surprise and delight.

Two seagulls on the chimney on the house across the road.

The garden this afternoon.  Just perfect.  The sea is such a darker blue today.