Monday Monday

Gosh we have been back a week now since our fantastic week on the Isle of Wight.  I can't say the weather has been anywhere near as good here!  In fact we have only had one clear sunny day which was yesterday and it is back to grey, damp and miserable again here today.

I had great plans of things I was going to do today, yet all I have done is shower and wash my hair, walk down the road to post a card and a small gift to a friend and knit!  So semi-productive I guess, but not really.

Hopefully I will do better tomorrow.

Monday Musings

Two little birds drinking this evening...

I have had a somewhat quiet day - I have been walking everyday since the beginning of this month - haven't missed a day yet.  By walking I mean a good brisk walk every morning for 45 - 60 minutes.  I am endeavouring to get fitter and hopefully in the process lose a bit of the weight I have put on in the last year.  It is not a lot of weight, but enough for me to not feel so good about myself.  I know how it happened...the stress of last summer and the resulting fall out with our younger son and the subsequent worries, plus worrying about my parents hasn't helped and I had become rather complacent I guess.  So feeling good about the walking again, plus it is good for Percy to get out as well.

The rest of the day went downhill though as I felt decidedly unwell, unwell in a way that I hadn't felt for sometime, and worried that I was coming down with some kind of bug I dosed myself up with some lipo spheric Vitamin C and paracetemol and went to bed.  Have pretty much slept on and off most of the day.  Feel a bit post sleep haze now, but otherwise a lot better.  I must have needed the rest.

I had planned to do all sorts of other things today...but they will have to wait for another day.

Monday fungi, walk & flowers, oh and a dog with a big bone!

Although still suffering from the dreaded lurgy I decided to forge ahead with my planned walk today.  I am trying to go everyday of the week (except the weekends when it is busy).  I missed last Friday as was too ill and it was pouring with rain in the morning.  Today it was just overcast.

I took rather a lot of photos again as Percy and I meandered along through the woods, fields and to the water garden where we sat for a while and just enjoyed being and listening to the birds.

I love the way this fungi looks - almost alien like.

Just look at this unusual set.

Lily pads in the pond.

Okay so probably fungi overload but they are fascinating me at the moment.

I was surprised to see these sweet little plants growing here.  Such a pretty colour, they have come up since last week.

'Knarly buttons'

Shelter over the stream

A man sitting and contemplating.

Percy enjoys a rather large bone from the butcher today.

Not sure what is bigger, the dog or his bone!

Today's rose.

Over the fence this morning