HAPPY NEW WEEK!!!
Here's a link to last week's Weekly Chat thread. The code for this week's Weekly Chat is WC250813 (in case you ever want to search for it from the search box).
I was away most of last week, and I think it's too late for me to get caught up on replies. I have read all of your news and have loved all the photos! I enjoyed the report and pics from AQ's most recent trip (yay, ducks! And loved that pelican, also the big trees). Wonderful photos from Mulberry and NiteOwl (lilies are one of my very, very favorite flowers; yours are super lovely!). Beautiful dragonfly from Alicat. I really loved the very majestic photos from Lindy -- ducks and deer! Woo hoo! That's an especially beautiful species of deer. Beautiful hibiscus from Alan. Love your increasingly subversive signatures, Alan. LOL! Glad that Mulberry saw an osprey! Happy belated birthday to Jess.Glad that Cerist at Dyfi has been found! Nice to see Mike posting here. Brenda: Are you glad or relieved to say good-bye to the puppy? LOL OG: Hope your sparrow hawk was okay after the window strike! Thanks for posting the excellent photos of handsome Diesel, handsome George, and your own beautiful self!Nice to see Lynette. I hope you have a grand holiday in Austria.I hope that Limpy is feeling better!I'm so very glad that Margo has had good results from the chemo. Sending good energy to you, Margo.Everyone have a great week! It's Indian Summer here and the temperatures this week will be 90 - 100 F (32.2 - 37.7 C) with very high humidity. Yuck.
At the bottom of the orchard, is a lady intent on perfecting her art of archery:
~ she was so cleverly made, as like a snowman, her face only consisted of a carefully placed nose, and her gloved hands really made you feel as if she was real.
Then we went along the side of the moat, and met more ducks:
-- this one really took a shine to me and wouldnt leave me!! hence the close up LOL!!!
and in the water, were some really h u g e carp....
Sorry, I've no idea where its gone!! Never mind, more (& the last) pics tomorrow.
Well, that duck clearly knows a bird lover when it sees one. Great pictures, Lindy - maybe your carp will appear tomorrow.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Clare Bailey said: Awwwww! They're not daft, are they? Agatha???
Awwwww! They're not daft, are they?
Agatha???
LOL!
Lindy: I've enjoyed all of your photos. What a remarkable building! Thanks for posting the pics. Loved those ducks!!!
I also enjoyed your very lovely poem yesterday!I'll reply to other photos and comments later. I have to go mow the grass -- in this heat! Yuck.
Keep your cool Diane!! I always think of you when there are ducks around.
I'm not carping on about this, or fishing for compliments, but here is the carp I missed out earlier - more than a foot long.
- perhaps I have water on the brain!!
Off to bed now, see you tomorrow, All.
dibnlib-so sorry to hear the news you received from the vet. I hope you get many more months with Dillon. It's very hard, the animals in our life are family.
Evening all: Very warm here today; will cool down again tomorrow. Played hooky from housework and the garden and went off to the gorgeous glistening golden beach! Took a book, an apple, nuts and water and lolled in my chair; watched kiddies play in the waves and soaked up the sunshine and the sounds of the surf. Life is tough. :-)
dibnlib: Hope Alan sees your "cull MPs" poster - I'd vote for that. Sorry to hear that Dillon's health is wobbly. :-(
Hi to everyone else; thanks for ducky pix, among others.
Good Morning. Just heard geese fly over our roof, making that wonderful noise which to me always sounds joyful. Annette - Its a hard job, sitting on a golden beach, but someone has to do it! Alan - There is a great cartoon in the Telegraph this morning, showing badgers emigrating.