HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I'm in Indianapolis taking care of 5 dogs. Talk to you all later.
Everybody have a good week. Love and hugs to all.
No problem OG - after all, freedom of speech is one of the things we defended !
Not offended OG - we are all different.
I seem to have posted a photo yesterday without explanation- probably had to get ready for dinner or something.
It was one of the few remaining observation towers built here many centuries ago. It says on the notice nearby that it was "restored & rebuilt" in 1769!!
We went to see a posh hotel near It which we have been intrigued about - I'll have to look up the cost of staying there as it was very impressive- cool inside and with interesting architecture. Probably out of our league!!
We continue to enjoy good weather and its been almost too hot - thankfully we've been able to retreat in and out of our comfortable room and sit partly in shade when needed.
Lindy - Glad to hear you are making the most of your lovely room. We have actually seen some light in the sky for the past couple of days ... someone said it's called sunshine. Enjoy your warmth and luxury.
Heather - I completely agree with what you said about freedom of speech.
Lindy - your upgraded room sounds ideal for a lovely relaxing break.
Pat - es. We have seen that “bright object in the sky” too. It lifts the spirits.
2 good days to report. I enjoyed French yesterday. The lady who took the lesson had been to County Kerry in Ireland where she and her OH had discovered a quirky monorail. It was the eccentric idea of some chap. He had it built and then realised that, being a monorail on a raided track, you couldn’t put in level crossings like they do for regular trains. Consequently, he had to fork out for bridges to be built. These days, a short bit of the track has been restored for tourists to ride on. Today I went with the Flora and Fauna group to a local forest. We were searching for fungus which are a bit thin on the ground this year. We found about a dozen different ones and had fun trying to identify them. (Almost impossible!!!) The photo is of a sort of bracket fungus with some red resin coming out of it (enlarge it to see properly) The birding highlight was a group of about 12 crossbills feeding on pine cones. The light was great and we had brilliant prolonged views.
RUSTY - you have brought back happy memories of my foraging days ! My then neighbour and I used to enjoy searching for edible mushrooms in the woods near to our houses. She taught me so much.
I'm busy getting organised for my Danish visitors. My girls have done a lot of polishing while I hovered in the background, feeling a bit guilty ... Yesterday my youngest pulled out a bookcase which I hadn't moved for a long time. I seem to be getting lazy in my old age. Dust and dead spiders were lurking.
ANNETTE - I waded (sorry) through the long lists of Scots who went to California ! Lots seem to have come from Aberdeenshire - my OHs home country.
Have a lovely time with your Danish friends HEATHER
I thought everyone had dust and dead spiders behind their bookcase, HEATHER! They are not easy things to move. I have decided not to go and look behind mine.
Goodness, I don't move bookcases!! Enjoy your visit from your lovely Danish friends, Heather.
We just had another pleasant day, although we discovered that it had rained in the night last night!!
Here are two Egrets we found in a nearby garden - they were perching prettily until we approached so not a great picture!