Beautiful June - sunshine and showers and rainbows and swallows. Light and shade, leaves and hedgerow flowers. I am always amazed at the lushness of an english summer meadow. I think there is too much doom and gloom about here being no green or open spaces left these days. There's certainly plenty here in the northwest.
Up early as usual but it was too cloudy to see the transit of Venus - to be honest I am rather more concerned that up to now I have only seen one magpie today and that's one for sorrow. Hopefully there's time yet for one to show himself this evening.
Whilst on my walk along the canal there were two young men running with ropes and sticks, a young heifer had fallen in the water on the other side!! They just shouted and banged the stick and somehow the cow got itself onto a shallow overflow bit and heaved itself up! I congratulated them and he said well it was better than going in as well. Drama on the canal bank!
Only yesterday I was leaning on the gate watching the swallows swooping inbetween the cattle, a lovely swishing of birds so close to the animals and the ground but never touching. I do like cows - the grassy earth smell of them and their long balck eyelashes.
Also I have been to the antiques fair today - had to restrain myself as I have three family birthdays this week so I actually only spent ten pounds though there were lots of things that tempted me. Would you like to see what I bought?
I'll keep you posted on those >^..^<
