Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Tuesday.

Lambswool sky.

Two grandfathers in the hall.

Not a monster looming out of the gateway, but an ancient pollarded treetrunk.

You build as well as the local materials allow, then leave to mature for five or six centuries.

Hibiscus in the garden.

Just inside the kitchen door.

And, of course, one perfect rose. All taken today.
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11 comments:

Sharon Creech said...

Love this combination of photos!

Z said...

What wonderful variety! That lifted my day (not that there's anything wrong with my day, I should say)

Unknown said...

Hello Carl. You are both very much in our thoughts and prayers. Sleep well now (unlikely as it seems, you probably will).
Love, Mike and Ann.

Rog said...

That tree does have a face!

Crowbard said...

Jude sends her love
Expects to be liberated tomorrow evening

Crowbard said...

Jude escaped - home for lunch-time.
Jess was the getaway driver.
Jude's a bit groggy and having a zizzz-zzz-zzz-zzz-zzz-zzz-etc. in the conservatory. Not interested in food yet but I've got some sushi on ice for when she is.
I've even put an antler handle with a brass acorn finial on the hand-bell; and been practicing the "Yuss M'Lady" in the mirror with a napkin draped gracefully over my left wrist.

Unknown said...

I think, perhaps, that at this point I shold explain that my brother and I have been using 'the Armoury' as a means of communication regarding sister-in-law Judy's hospitalisation and operation. I removed the original (and key) entry from Crowbard as it contained details that Judy would probably have considered personal. This must have been a bit confusing (especially for Maggie and Stig) but I should think it was obvious to most of my readers that there were two streams of comment taking place. As you can see from Crowbard's last entry, Judy's now home again, so we're now going to 'phone them and generally make reassuring noises.

Crowbard said...

Walked Jude over to Paul'n'Jess's this evening, I managed to keep up with here fairly well...
She's still not eating much but I got a few strawbwrries and raspberries into her, an' a banana an' fresh figs an' a bit o' shortbread -She couldn't look at the sushi or the peppered salmon on french toast or the spicy cous-cous & four-bean salad... The St Augur cheese butty went down quite well so there's still hope for tomorrow...
Night-Night!
Zizzz....

Crowbard said...

PS Thanks for the reassuring noises...
most reassuring, ta.

Pat said...

The tree trunk is amazing.

Unknown said...

I absolutely love your description of the sky as "lambswool" -- very accurate for that picture. Thank you for sharing your beautiful countryside photos with the world.