Springtime in Low Bradfield

We've had beautiful sunny days recently and we've been happy to stay home as gardening has been a priority.  It's been good to relax and share an interest in plants with our daughter D who came to stay with us over the Easter holiday. 

Daughter D brought her pet cat, Jasper.  He slept in his cat carrier on the journey and then settled really well in our home. 

On Easter Sunday we gathered as a family for an Easter evening meal at our local daughter's home which was special as we also celebrated her birthday. (No photos except the special lemon flavoured Panettone Easter cake in the shape of a dove and the other puddings - a meringue roulade with pecan nuts and strawberries served with home made limoncello liqueur).

Before Daughter D went back home we drove over to the next village from where we live for a favourite walk.

It's lambing time on local farms.

Agden Beck (stream) Low Bradfield

St Nicholas' Church, High Bradfield

We stopped at Damflask Reservoir by the Dam Keeper's Lodge

on our way back home.

Canada geese by the reservoir

I hope you had a good long weekend.  Thank you for visiting my blog.  Have a restful time over the coming weekend.

An Easter Walk Along By The River Don, Sheffield City

A foot bridge over the River Don with Kelham Island Industrial Museum in the background.

There are modern office buildings such as the above Wicker Riverside Development Apartments, hotels (some in converted warehouses) along this stretch of the river, weirs and fast flowing water that would have been used to power mill wheels and then steam engines during industrial processes. It's an interesting walk using the modern iron and old stone bridges that span the river.      

   

A stone sculpture in the river.  There are usually more, often made by locals from stones balanced on top of one another.

Strange murals done by a local artist were painted on the retaining wall of a riverside pub quite a few years ago.  They seem to blend in with the vegetation on the river bank.

the Victoria Quays area

Once a month a new open air event is taking place by the river - a market selling flowers, plants and garden items.