Sunday 19.05.2019

A really beautiful late Spring day once the mist and low grey cloud dispersed. Sun riding high and warm,trees in their Sunday best,

birds, butterflies, bees, ..........and yet,and yet.........have just finished an extraordinary book* and suffice to say it certainly put a different perspective on our surroundings and gave pause for thought as we walked round.
Not that the dogs paused for anything, even old dog no.1 was doing a little frolicking and a pheasant and a squirrel kitten had very narrow escapes.

*Wilding by Isabella Tree
(www.thebookgourmand.blogspot.com)

Wednesday 15.05.2019

A spur of the moment climb up to Oxen Crag yesterday evening after supper,inspired by the lovely weather we`ve been getting (it did get warmer)
Not quite such a still clear evening as we have been having but we were climbing up as the sun set which made for bonny views.
Bennachie is just such a handy little mountain!

Saturday 11.05.2019

Deceptively bright, sunny days, deceptive because of a demon wind that bites your ears and snaps at your nose.
Looks glorious though - fresh green foliage, deep yellow coconut-scented gorse,woolly clouds,heaped up, suggesting their own stories.....and the birds! Four buzzards at the top of the hill just now, wheeling over freshly seeded fields, lapwings rolling and diving,the ubiquitous skylark overhead - it`s all a heady mix called Spring.
But just a tad warmer would be nice. :)

Monday 1.05.2019

Only one place to be on Mayday morning: in England-shire at the top of a hill seeing in the dawn in the company of dancers, beasts....and a hedge...or is it a tree?

Whatever,it was a jolly affair and later there was a walk through English woods which were decked out in the freshest of green and scented with wild garlic.

In the meantime, somewhere along the way, April got lost but there were walks, work and a weekend away in York to the inaugural York Blues Festival including a headline set by the magnificent Achievers. http://www.theachieversuk.com

Rumour has it they`ve a gig north of the border next year.........