Sea Lion Sunday.

I went on a lovely walk this morning, exploring part of a walk I haven't done before.

This part of course may look familiar

...but then I took a different track.

Looking back, a different angle/direction.

There were a few of these marker stones dotted around.

Heading down there...

So lovely and peaceful.

Pretty daisies galore.

Looking back over the slightly rugged countryside.

Down to a new bay.

Where I watched a sea lion in the water for a while.

At this stage I was wishing I had my bigger camera with me

The water looks so inviting like this, but I bet it was jolly cold

Although not for a sea lion of course!

There were some yachts out on the water.

Part of a dinosaur footprint.

Lots of tiny fossils in the rocks.

The little bay.

Walking back towards the lighthouse from the opposite direction that I usually walk.

I'd never been this way before.

I got home very refreshed although rather tired, it was a much longer walk than I had originally planned, but a great way to spend a Sunday morning.

Back at home...

Really loving my flower planters at the moment, they are putting on such a beautiful display.

I hope you all have a lovely week.

A Good Day's Work.

A fabulous early morning walk today.  It was a little chilly to start off with, but soon warmed up.

Lots of steps up...

and up...

looking along one of the paths...I didn't go that way.

Looking back down.

A patchwork of fields.

I incorporated part a mix of new and known walks today and did a circular route which worked out at around 5 1/2 miles!  Oh and apparently 43 floors.

I spent the rest of the day in the garden, and for fun, I thought I would keep my phone on me to see how much 'mileage' I do in the garden.  Today it worked out at three miles and 32 floors!  Yes my garden is on a hill.  

The orchard was starting to look quite long so needed to get out the strimmer and put it to work.

The grape vines were also looking rather overgrown too.

Starting to look better.

Tidier and easier to get up the rows now.

The strimmer unfortunately only reaches half the orchard, so I will have to probably cut the rest by hand, so that will be a slow job!

I mowed the bank behind the glass house

The little half circular grass area

and also mowed the main bank of the garden.

There is a bare patch where the previous owners kept their chickens.  I was going to re-grass this area, but have not seed so am thinking about making another vegetable ed, as although it looks sloped in this photo it is a relatively flat area.

You can see it is flatter in this photo and it is next to the main vegetable garden.

The blossom on the trees in the orchard is looking beautiful.

There are quite a variety of different fruit trees and apples, so am looking forward to seeing just what there is later on in the year.

The grape vines are starting to leaf as well.  Just a shame they are wine grapes and not eating grapes!

I tried to avoid cutting the violets in the orchard, but wasn't always successful.

I planted out five butternut squash today.

The peas are starting to appear!

The courgettes that I planted out the other day are looking good.

Salad greens are starting to grow in the raised bed by the garden shed.

Yippee!  My Dad's Dalmatian beans are starting to sprout too.  Really looking forward to these as they are delicious.

The potatoes I planted in the bags are starting to grow really well...just hoping I have enough compost left to keep topping the bags up as they grow taller.

My view from where I often sit with a cuppa and read my book.

A solitary bee went into this hole while I was sitting on my seat watching.

A pretty good industrious day.

I just need to work out how to put the new strimming cord in the strimmer now, as it ran out while I was doing the strimming.