When I drew the curtains this morning this was the scene across the rooftops. The leaves have almost gone from the large cherry tree in our neighbour's garden,
There are crows clinging onto the branches. You can tell this is a bird from the crow/rook family because of the size, the ruffled feathers and the way these birds stomp around especially as they walk around the chimney pots pecking for grubs, cawing raucously. They seem to be the only birds around at the moment. I quite like their cawing as the sound reminds me of farmland rather than where we live in a semi-rural suburb.
With my zoom lens I can see right across the Don Valley....
and our own neighbourhood.
Mr P has finished building a greenhouse and is now making a brick path. The wooden planks are there as a template to make sure the path is straight.
The flower borders are full of chrysanthemums that Mr P has grown from the cuttings of the original plant.
I've bought some new clay pots and have planted up the blue hyacinths. They're now in a dark cupboard in the garage as I'm hoping that they'll start to sprout and grow. I like to have a few hyacinths in bloom for Christmas or at least the new year. Usually they're gifts for our daughters and DiL, but exchanging presents might be more difficult this year. We shall have to wait and see as we're now just about to go into a national lockdown in England and even with a review in a month's time I cannot see us coming out of it into any sort of normal life. We're more likely to be put back into the tiered system which depends on the numbers of infections and hospital admissions in our region.
The other evening the pumpkins in the neighbourhood were lit. There was a full moon too. I took a couple of photos of our next-door neighbour's pumpkins and the ones on the opposite side of the road.
The weather is so changeable. This was the scene an hour ago, but now rain clouds are gathering. We've heard that there's been flooding in some villages further north in North Yorkshire where rivers have burst their banks.
Finally, This morning I cut some of the hydrangeas and arranged them with lavender and fuchsias in one of my jugs brought back one time from Italy. This particular jug is typical of the pottery made in the Lazio region and is usually used for serving wine.
Yesterday I went for a walk in the local park which I'll share with you next time.
Thank you for your visit. Have a lovely day,
Linda.