Mother Nature

View from the Tech Control room

It is overcast but still I sit in my garden...until it starts raining :-)

Last night is poured and poured and poured with rain. Hubby explained that the Gulf Stream that normally moves up this time of year to Scotland has remained down below England, hence all the rain.

The starling group of about 20 have spent an hour socialising and eating in and around our garden and the neighbours. Their favourite perch is the huge apple tree next door that hangs over our fence.

Quite dramatically busy and full of drama. They do make me smile at their antics. They arrive early every morning and late afternoon full of pep.

The path through the park

Now that they have gone, the family of little sparrows are starting to make their appearance. They live in the roof of a neighbouring house. They are not quite as busy and bossy as the starlings. The blue tits and the wren will eventually arrive soon enough, while the rock doves watch silently from the roof tops.

Later on the blackbirds will spend some time foraging in the garden.

I see that my strawberries are flourishing well and I should be able to pick the first today. The whole garden is very, very lush and is enjoying the excessive rain. My favourite nasturtiums are struggling somewhat. They are normally a profusion of colour, almost taking over part of the garden. They very obviously don’t like the wet weather.

I took some pictures of my walk to work through the beautiful park as well as the gorgeous view that we have from our part of the hospital (above).

We watched A Monster in Paris last night and so thoroughly enjoyed it. A lovely light-hearted movie with great music.