SUNDAY STROLLS

Happy Sunday!

My first collage....... not great but I had to start somewhere.  This is a collage of photos I took today in Black Park.  We always love to go there on a nice sunny day like today.  As you can see Jake had a fine old time in the water. He was in there for ages and would have stayed for the rest of the day if we had let him.  We also walked for miles through the woods just to savour the day.  I took 41 photos altogether and only had to delete 2 . My technique is improving I`m pleased to say and it does help to have such an easy little camera.  I took some shots of some of the sculptures that are dotted around the park.  I don`t know what significance, if any, are attached to the stones. I just like them anyway.  They are made of granite and glass and will last years and years.  The wooden `pagoda` is a native American Indian style structure, so I`m told, but it`s very unusual looking so I thought it was worth taking a photo.  Soon the floor of the woods will be covered in bluebells and the really old rhodadendrums ( sorry about the spelling!) will be flowering and they are definetely a sight to see.  More photos to take!

Late this afternoon I decided to put another two plants in the garden. One is an ornimental cherry shrub and the other a Pieris `Forest Flame`.  I have to buy some more clematis and sweet peas and a deciduous azalea.  I have great plans for the bare patch of lawn at the end of the garden.  Next spring and summer it will be really colourful.  I plan to grow clematis up the branches so that when the trees finish blossoming there will be more flowers from the clematis for the summer...clever eh? 

Now the good weather is back Jim and I hope to go out for the day tomorrow.  We were going to go to the coast but decided against it until later in the year, it`s not that warm yet, and having Jake with us means we won`t be allowed into the shops if the weather turns bad again. There`s a country park nearby that we`ve wanted to visit for a while, maybe we`ll give that a try.  We`ll decide by tomorrow anyway.  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Bye for now.