Flowers in the morning

This arrived to me by email and is posted from Melbourne...

Cherub in the summer geraniums

Pheasant chick on the blog

As we drove at some speed down the track to catch my train as a first step to London, South Africa and Australia, a mother pheasant burst out of in front of us sending chicks in every direction. This little one would fit comfortably in a small hen's egg.

I didn't have time to follow them into the field this time, so I snapped this quick photo.

I got round to posting it now from 24 stories up in a Melbourne hotel room.

Curlew chick lying completely still in the grass

Misty morning with June flowers

Last night's dew on an early morning spider's web

A friendly rabbit lying on the yoga deck enjoying the morning

Morel getting cool feed on a hot day...

A frog watching from the water trough

A bumble bee visiting a foxglove flower.

June in the garden

I love the buttercups in the lawn and by the pond.

















Here is te trough with the pansies now grown bigger.


















Foxgloves are a beautiful wild flower.























You can see the foxgloves from a distance.

A beautiful Gold Finch's nest

A favourite tree

I've pampered this lovely little oak tree for at least 20 years.

It is looking so healthy now. The felled sycamore to the left used to take all the light.

Now the oak catches sunshine for much of the day and is growing much faster...

Trees in the field planted ten years ago and new trees planted this spring

Trees planted ten years ago






















Trees planted this spring.

Cherub napping in the flowers

Dragonfly, ladybird and tadpoles

Summer Garden

Beautiful feminine pink of the first lupin.





The tree-lined drive to the back of the house.