Peony Paradise......

 I suppose you could say that I'm quite lucky to work where I do, although sometimes it doesn't feel like it when there's lots to do and my 60-something old body has to drag itself out of bed every morning to go and do it but on certain days, it gives me great pleasure to be able to wander around the glorious garden and drink in the beauty and the colour ....... real food for the soul.

Come in and have a look.

 These are my new favourite-of-the-moment Peony. I'm calling them 'PomPom Peonies' because that's exactly what they look like, gigantic, fluffy, big and blousy and they smell like Johnson's Baby Powder!

Oops, I might even have taken a couple home with me - how can one resist??

Thank you for stopping by. 

xoxoxoo

I Can See for Miles........

So, in a great surge of optimism, spurred on by a few of my favourite bloggy pals who have also posted recently, here I am.

The Great Outdoors has been a welcome boost lately. Time, whenever I can manage it, well spent.

For example, I can't help admiring my beautiful Japanese Acer which never fails to delight me with her lush green leaves and arching boughs. It blocks out a little light at my dining room window but I'd much rather look through the leaves of this beauty than at the ugly row of houses directly behind me!

Then, a couple of weeks ago, I took delivery of a new planter from a local 'Men's Shed' group who make lovely things from recycled bits of wood. It's only half painted at the moment. Painting trellis isn't high on my list of priorities because it takes sooooo long. The bottom half will eventually get done. Couldn't put an exact time on it though!

I've been seeing a lot of sunrises lately. The nights seem to be very short, maybe just 4 hours of complete darkness. I must invest in some blackout blinds for my bedroom!

Art in the sky (if you ignore the fact vapour trails are actually pollutants!)
At work, when I walk the dogs, I never get tired of admiring the surrounding countryside. I think myself very lucky to live where I do but slowly but surely, these brown fields are being taken over by developers with their bulldozers and more and more houses are appearing in clumps here and there and eventually all the clumps will join up and become one very big clump. I hope I'm not around to see the decline in the landscape when that all happens. I'll treasure the views for as long as possible in the meantime.

I love the whiteness of the hawthorn blossoms, almost bridal when you see them collectively showing off their prettiness.

No telling who you might bump into on a country walk!

The potatoes are sprouting happily in their neatly-furrowed field.

Off they go following one another up the hill to find some more lovely grass to munch on, just like sheep do!

xoxoxoxo

Next time out, we'll take a leisurely stroll around the garden at work which is looking supreme at the start of these lazy,hazy days of summer.

Thanks for dropping by. xxx
ps It's taken two nights to write this post. Chromebook and Blogger are not entirely compatible. Seems to take forever to upload pics from Google Drive. Any advice greatly received!