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.

Summing up August.

Summing up August with some more garden pictures...and some other brief mutterings...

A beautiful birdbath has been added to my rose garden.  I have been looking for one of these for ages and was delighted to find this one on sale today.

The roses haven't done as well this last month as the weather has been so damp, but there are still a few roses bravely displaying their colours.

A few more dahlia photos.

The bees have  been enjoying the dahlias.

Another spider photo - from underneath it.

A few charity shop finds...

A pretty plate.

A replacement teapot for the one that got its spout broken a few years ago now.  This is almost exactly the same, just a little bigger.

A sweet little blue teapot.

Another 'Old Person' ornament to add to my collection. 

Pretty paint work on the top of her bonnet.

A candlewick bedspread.  I think this is probably a single bedspread, but it fits on this bed okay.  (smaller than a double, bigger than a single)

Some books - one of which I have finished reading - 'The Weather in Africa' which was interesting. 

Plus two books ordered from Amazon Marketplace for my September reading:

If I enjoy these I will get some more.

Oh and I picked up this little donkey from a vintage shop this afternoon - I saw it and it immediately brought back memories of one I had that was exactly the same.  I can't remember if my grandparents sent it to me or whether we got it here when I was a very young child before we moved to NZ.

Other mutterings...

My health saga continues, I have had three MRIs, one of which shows 'poor filling of the subclavian and axillary arteries and I have been referred to someone else for that, although have to wait until the end of September to see him as he is currently away.  I feel very frustrated at the continual delays, especially as I have ended up having to go privately for that very reason!    I have had another load of comprehensive blood tests that I am awaiting the results on.  The pain continues to spread to other parts of my body and I am really fed up with feeling in pain all of the time, but trying hard to be positive and get on with things.  Some days are more manageable than others.