Another interesting walk

I featured this wood sculpture a while ago when out for a walk on a dull day.  It also looks good against a blue sky.

This particular neighbourhood had other street art installed a year or two ago all made of recycled wood, including practical items such as the community notice boards with metal deer antler motifs.

One day recently I walked along one of the roads in the area for the first time after taking a different tram route from town. (The two local tram routes stop at the bottom of a hill and sometimes I have to continue my journey by bus or walk home).

My walk took me up hill as usual and I stopped by this bench not to sit down and rest, but to take a second look at the quirky design.  There was another on the opposite side of the road.

Then not far from the benches I passed a car that made me smile and the longer walk than usual was brightened up by these different sights.

A misty morning

As we drove out yesterday morning it seemed as if Winter had arrived.  It was misty and damp and the trees were noticeably leafless on the land exposed to the wind and the rain on the heights overlooking Loxley and Bradfield Dale. The top road from the village of Worral to High Bradfield runs through farmland and moors with one or two farmsteads and an isolated convent building, chapel and cottage guest house, the home of an enclosed community of Carmelite nuns.  

                                   Down in the sheltered valley the trees still retain their leaves.

                                                      "Come in Number 4" !

It was just as misty and murky by Damflask Reservoir and no sailing boats on the water.

Last week I spent most of the time moving furniture around which involved emptying cabinets and then rearranging china and glassware.  The dresser was given two coats of Annie Sloan paint in Paris Grey, but now needs waxing to preserve the finish.  When I'm able to put the plates back on the shelves I'll post a photo.