Our house went on the market Monday 16th and over the first weekend we have had a total of ten visits, with an astonishing 23,063 (so far) people have viewed the house online. That to me shows the power of the internet, let us hope that not all of them want to view the house, especially as it is me showing them round, three a day is enough for me.
I will apologise if this is a short blog , but as you can see above , life is a bit hectic at present.
20th.
More flowers from the garden.
The holiday makers next door have been searching the internet for a type of Birch tree that has yellow tulip shaped flowers on it , having no luck in locating such a tree that came and asked what it was. It is in fact a Bill Mckenzie Clematis that has flowers going right to the top of the Birch.
Most of the Azaleas have flowered and gone over, but this orange one still has a few flowers on it.
The Clematis throughout the garden are doing well, just love the deepness of this one.
Holly is growing on with such rich colours and so soft not the angry winter plant that stabs me every time I walk past it.
Reliable Pinks always appear with no real notice of them when they are not flowering.
This is meant to be a non fruit producing miniature Strawberry, occasionally it does fruit and they are delicious.
You always hope for great Foxgloves to grow straight and tall, this one went a bit of course at the top.
The seed head off of one of the many Aquileagis in our garden.
21st.
It was so funny today the Squirrel was out in the sunshine and openly feeding from the peanut box and I got within five yards of it and started taking photos of it and progressively it got more shy and was by the time of the last shot was in hiding behind the branch.
First shot just sitting there nibbling away.
“Excuse me do you mind not filming me while I am eating”
“Well if you insist, I will just hide behind the branch”.
28th.
Went for a walk to have a bit of “me time”. in what has been a topsy turvey week. Bit early for the moorland plants but got a few.
A beautiful Orchid in the sun but a very strong wind on the open grass and this was the best shot I could get as the wind was blowing everything about.
Something, most probably a Roe Deer, took a liking to the top of this Orchard, but any least a younger one is growing beside it.
This is Cuckoo Spit and tiny creatures (nymph of Froghoppers) secrete the the froth from their bodies while feeding on the sap of the host plant (thanks Google), protecting themselves from predators.
The humble White Clover when examined is such a pretty plant.
Always fascinated by Lichen on trees, apparently it is a sign of good clean air.
My favourite little tree which regular followers will know I have photographed many times before but not from this angle. In the twenty years we have been here I do not think it has grown any bigger.
Sorry this is so short but very busy at present. Now 44,625 appearances on Rightmove. Unbelievable.