After a dearth of photos all year, I finally have some. We were awake fairly early on Saturday, and while the weather wasn't as beautiful as Friday, it was still quite sunny and we decided to head to Farmleigh. The biggest treat was seeing some little grebes - we couldn't work out if there were two or three because they swim underwater for such distances. Hard to get a good photo because of their smallness and speed, but I did manage a couple. There were plenty of tufted ducks and coots, a couple of moorhens and of course mallards. The photo of the mallard was a fun one, because the water was so still and clear that we could see his feet paddling away as he moved along.
Apart from that, the photos are Spring flowers, a ladybird C spotted on a dead leaf on an echium, and my new jumper, hot off the needles. I used a voucher from my brother to buy a new book of Aran patterns, and a gift cert from work to (mostly) buy the wool, which is merino with 5% silk and 5% cashmere, and has a lovely feel. It's not actually Aran (worsted/sport) weight, it's double knitting so it's not as heavy and I'll probably get more use out of it.
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| Cowslip |
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| The early thrush catching the worms - and maybe a caterpillar |
I love seeing all the beautiful flowers and trees blooming at this time of year. I miss having tulips - the deer eat them like candy here. Love the patterning of the fritillaria and that capture of the ladybird on the dead leaf is wonderful. That color is great on you - what a great choice for your new jumper. Hope you get lots of use out of it. And yes, that mallard picture is so cool. You managed to get the reflection and the feet which at first was confusing but once it clicked it was a wonder.
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