Showing posts with label ponds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ponds. Show all posts

April 02, 2010

Frogs and yarn, a mix for Spring


A mixed start to the Bank Holiday here. Started out bright sunshine and not too chill on the promenade. It is now grey and cold.
But we did see sunshine for a while so that is good.
I've skeined up my latest yarn and I am so pleased with it.
Despite my falling out with Lulu Lendrum I managed to spin 422 yards from just 105g. Not bad going even though the air was quite blue during the making of it:)
Fibre is shetland hand dyed by Mam a Mi etsy shop, my friends Artis Anne and Krafty Kath. Isn't it lush and such a good colour for spring knitting?
I'm still not a happy bunny using the Lendrum, I think I will be taking Mr Mog up on his offer of a new Traveller, as much as anything to give me an easier wheel to spin on in between:)
This is our newest water feature. As you can see it isn't finished yet but it already has residents.
I often wonder how frogs find out there is a new habitat for them. After all we haven't had a pond since last Autumn and only 1 bubble pool which is covered in stones and barely any water to be seen.
Do you think there is an amphibian telegraph that sends out details of new ponds?

This one is staking his claim for sure.

And another picture of my spinning, just because:)

June 09, 2009

A walk among flowers, picture heavy

This post is very picture heavy and shows some of the many pictures we took this morning. I'll not do much writing but let the pictures speak for themselves.
Notice the rune Gyfu in the sky as we started our meander

If you click on this picture you can get a better view of the damselfly.


This has to be one of my favourite pictures taken by Mr Mog, you can't see what is reflecting where
Not sure what this was? Wonder if it would spin?
I associate cobwebs full of dew with autumn
orchids abound here
Click on this and see the wonderful stripey insect, is it a bee or hover fly?



A secret path, who knows where you will end up?
signs of autumn?


There were many butterflies and moths there
elderflower wine anyone?

We were also lucky and saw 2 hares, alas too speedy for taking pictures.
lots of these little chaps about

See the bee on the notice board?

Another butterfly if you click to enlarge



This was the first time we had visited but it won't be our last. All the time we were there we had the place to ourselves.

Poetry for Brigid Imbolc

  The Lake Isle of Innisfree BY  WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay a...