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the little yellow critters made a break for it today in the tuck tuck ....... all went well until they reached the edge of the kitchen work-top ..........

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i had a chance to meet Anne Widdecombe at Brading this evenening but passed and took a picture of this bird instead

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rather like big eyes i thought ......

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back to work after what seems like a very extended weekend ...... suddenly the island is back to its old quiet self with all the festival goers gone

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the end of the festival and thousands of abandoned cheap tents are being cleared from the site

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summer harvest ... despite the lack of sunshine...

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gladys.  need i say more?

she is completely adorable.

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the carroll wedding:

sunshine, flowers, and lots of dancing.

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the morrison wedding:

fun, fun, fun.  especially for the grown-ups.

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the finished wedding gift!

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monday: on the return journey from Bristol we stopped at Devizes, a lovely old market town with some pleasing shops tucked away in the side alleys

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sunday: could not have been a more perfect day ...... the photo i think speaks for itself ......

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saturday : arrived in Bristol for the wedding weekend ...... everything is crossed for fine weather tomorrow .......

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festival time and newport is buzzing with people at every turn ...... i just love the atmosphere this time of year, it's one big injection of happy people (despite the muddy camp site!)

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my usual route to the station from work is blocked off,

so i am forced to walk a different way,

which makes me open my eyes again to the amazing sights which i become blinkered to ...

midsummer's day.  who would have guessed from that sky!

(that little glimpse of blue was the best we saw all day.)

i need to carve out some little midsummer ritual;

the longest day is something really special.

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crafting ... all will be revealed soon ...

spent a lovely evening with my choir,

singing, drinking, singing some more.

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i have always liked the door of this georgian house in Sea Street, especially of course because of the ancient notice that goes with it

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worked at home all day only to venture out at 5 to enjoy the last of the sunshine and take today's photo down at the Quay

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been crafting like mad this evening, 

making gifts for this weekend's double whammy:

d & s's wedding on saturday,

and j & l's wedding on sunday.

tonight, there was an amazing sky.

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monday night is shopping night. groan.

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what a nice end to the day, a deserted castle, blue skies, and just the sounds of bird song ......

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we had a new arrival in our household last week:

herman, the sourdough starter.

this was my first attempt at making sourdough ...

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the vineyard at dorking, under a dramatic sky.

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fathers day was very pleasant thank you children ...... as D & A were looking to buy a new car we dropped by to see what was on offer at Arreton and came across just the thing ......

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a very lazy day today, not doing a lot, but time at least to unwind after a busy week

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my worst nightmare in trafalgar square.

today was one of those days where right from the very beginning,

things start to run away from you and you spend the rest of the day trying to catch up.

i went for a walk on my own this evening;

it was completely peaceful and calm,

and hardly a soul around.

the perfect antidote ...

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no, not a scene from a primary school,

but from 'learning at work' week.

we spent a fun lunch hour getting covered in poster paint.

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now the white wild roses are coming out in their hundreds just as the others are fading ......

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thursday evening ..... after much soul searching i turned on the central heating trying to forget it was mid-June ....... hurry up summer

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home.

it was still light when i walked back at 9.45pm (after tapas and team-building).

what an amazing feeling.

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does anyone know where i can buy a bag of 's's?

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after yet another dull start suddenly, this afternoon, summer seemed to have arrived

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calamity Tuesday and the boiler system has packed up at home....... i must live out of a kettle until the heating engineer comes tomorrow :0(

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monday ....... if it had rained any more i would have built a noah's ark on top of the catle hill .....

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the latest pair of baby stovler ...

i can churn a couple of these out in two evenings now.

the latest isle of wight baby arrived last week.

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my favourite local walk, near newark priory.

lunch at the pub by the river in the rain.

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spent the day striding across petworth park,

and then ogling the turners inside the house.

everything was so green...

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went to a charity do at Barton Manor today - a little rain but not enough to spoil a walk around the gardens and watch the carp go wild for the fish food that the children were throwing into the lake

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saturday ...... is it the head of a modernist bird sculptue or a crane?

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friday ..... long awaited after a busy week .... an odd day of gales mixed with sunshine

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ahhhh, that friday feeling.

you just can't beat it.

this weekend:

craftiness,

historic houses,

replanting seedlings,

wine.

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today was a long, slow day.

even a bit of retail therapy at lunch time didn't really ease the boredom.

some days, you just do not want to be at work.

this evening, 

we ate fajitas and tried to pretend it was summer.

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i just managed to grab a bit of time after work when the rain had stopped and the sun came out to take a quick snap on newport quay - here's a nice old tub of a boat

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unfortunately this is horribly over-exposed,

but these rhododendron flowers reminded me 

of stranded starfish on the pavement.

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this pretty much summed up yesterday.

rain, rain, rain.

still, we watched the diamond jubilee celebrations

and then went on a nice walk to feed the ducks in the park.

(the ducks were delighted.)

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a long day with having to deal with a lot of VIPs at the end of it ....... good to finally get home and see the progress of my well watered garden .....

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the view from the island of hovedoya

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a day of museums:

the zoological;

the geological;

the folk museum,

and the stunning viking ship museum, where this was taken.

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inside the opera house, oslo

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the cristiania torv, oslo