Monday, July 30, 2007

Sunday Walk


DSCN3829, originally uploaded by anab1.

On Sunday, we experienced a rare phenomena this summer. The SUN! So I took full advantage of it and took a walk up Pendle Hill. It was by no means easy but worth the climb. Click the picture and look through the rest of the Flickr set named Walk up Pendle Hill. There are more pictures, commentary and notes there.

Monday, July 02, 2007

DSCN3753


DSCN3753, originally uploaded by anab1.

I acquired this rose from my rental house in Nantwich. I did a sneaky trade. I moved a red rose from the back garden into the front and put this one into a pot. Why? Because it smells amazing. I couldn't leave it behind. and look how pretty it is too.

Pot of dirt plant


DSCN3754, originally uploaded by anab1.

My pot of dirt has at last bloomed and look what a swan it turned into. Cheerily yellow despite having never seen the sun since they've opened. Next year, they'll be in the ground instead of resembling a pot of dirt all winter.

Its a .. bird


DSCN3750, originally uploaded by anab1.

Just over the fence to one side of my back garden there is a drop off significant enough that what I see just peeping over the top of my fence is the top of a tree. In this tree is a nest of birdlings. I think they are blackbird-lings and my dog is absolutely fanscinated by their existence. She's like an addict. Every 2 minutes she has to go out and check on them. Of course she can't see or get anywhere near them.. but she hears them cheeping away and sees mama and papa blackbird flying in just over her head with whatever blackbirds feed their young.