20th September - A Walk around the Village

My friend Nichola lives in a lovely area in surrounded by countryside and one of the benefits of this is being able to go for lovely walks with her delightful little dog Tilly.

One lovely sunny afternoon we went on one of these walks.

The houses were all so picturesque...

This grand pink house on the corner is one fine example.  All very neat and tidy.

Venturing up hill first you can start to see the wonderful views of the village and countryside.

Nicely paved with lots of apple trees lining the pathway.

Lots of lovely yummy apples.

I didn't realise I'd been caught on candid camera!

That little dot on the end of the lead Nichola is holding is Tilly leading the way.

So beautiful and restful

Tall crops of corn

Pretty flowers

Brightly coloured corn...

You can often find cobs nibbled by the deer that come out of the surrounding forest.

Our walk almost complete as we make our way back to the village.

A lovely afternoon's walk.

Ludwigsburg - Part Two: Pumpkin Time!

Pumpkin Carvings, Sculptures, Dinosaurs galore.  Fun for children of ALL ages ;-)

Not many words...just lots of pictures.

Lunch was a yummy pumpkin soup, desert pumpkin strudel which tasty very yummy indeed.

Ludwigsburg - Part One.

Monday 19th September Nichola took me to The Residential Palace & the Blooming Baroque Garden Show in Ludwigsburg. This baroque castle is the largest in Germany and is the focal point of Ludwigsburg. It was built by Duke Eberhard Ludwig between 1704 and 1733 and is huge! It has an amazing number of rooms, 452 which are housed in 18 buildings as well as four new museums. There is a permanent 'Blooming Baroque Garden Show' hosted all year round in the magnificent gardens that surround the Palace. The exhibition changes all year round and while we were there the World's Biggest Pumpkin Exhibition was on. It is held annually, this year between the dates of 2nd September and runs right through until 6th November. There are around 500,000 pumpkins! Apparently there are over 450 pumpkin varieties and there certainly were many different shapes and sizes on offer and display. Some of these I will be showing in tomorrow's post. The displays were certainly impressive and depicted various scenes, creations and animals. Some of which I have already shown over here.

Today though I am going to share with you some of the photographs I took of the flowers - one of my favourite things.

Beautiful colours, flowers in all their glory always inspire.

So beautiful.

The Palace and grounds in mosaic form.

Part Two tomorrow :-)