Hello everyone,
I'd like to show you some lovely sunny photos BUT
summer hasn't quite reached the Highlands
yet this year except for a glorious day on 1st July,
we live in hope.
The month has still given me plenty of opportunity
to take some photos,
which I hope you enjoy.
We have two new additions to the flock,
courtesy of our neighbour's cockerel,
who rather likes having 23 ladies all to himself.
Mother hen keeping them safely
tucked up under her breast.
"Now just follow me chuck..."
a little lost in the undergrowth
The proud father.
Our hens give us a lot of pleasure and amusement,
just watching them, as well as the eggs...
just gossiping...
but being very free-range they have their own ideas
on where they want to lay their eggs,
between lobster pots and floats....
under wheel barrows
and some we probably haven't found yet.
Mystery solved!
I now know who steals my gardening gloves
and drops them in the middle of the pond !
A young robin whose mum decided to build
her nest in the workshop,
had to work and tread very carefully for a few days.
A young Northern Wheatear
in the long grass on the croft.
Our visitors this month
were Malcolm and Helen
on their second visit from sunny Norfolk.
Beach-combing on Big Sands was a must
along with several other beaches
While Helen gave us a lesson in felting
we sent her Malcolm out to saw some logs !
Thank you both, it was great to see you,
sorry the sun didn't shine quite as much
as we hoped it would for you.
Malcolm's new tap dancing shoes !
It all happens in Aultbea Hall you know !
Patterns, colours and textures on the sands...
Along the coastal path ...
The foundations for Malcolm's Mum's house have begun.
The house will be built in 5 months
and then at 90 she will be starting a whole new life
in the Highlands, a bit of a change from Buckinghamshire !
Late afternoon sunshine and clouds
on the edge of Loch Ewe
Evening sunshine and clouds
on Loch Ewe.
At this time of year it barely gets dark at night,
you lose all sense of time,
which is rather lovely.
Aultbea at 11pm
In the next blog posting
I hope to show some real summer,
in the meantime, to all of you down south,
enjoy your heatwave.
June x
Lovely photos as always, Junie. Hope the sun comes out for you soon. You can have some of ours if you like - it's a bit hot down here!
ReplyDeleteLots of love
James, Caroline and Charlotte xxx
Love all the birdie photos June.Did you not tell the Cockerel that you took your Cockerels to market ?.He might not be so keen on paying a visit if you tell him!
ReplyDeleteLove the way the hens hide their eggs,they're not daft are they?
It is sweltering here and we would willingly swap our hot,hot nights for a cool highland breeze.
Hope you are all keeping well?
lots of love Elaine.xxx
PS..Is it alright if I phone you sometimes.Colin doesn't pass much on when I ask him "what did you and June talk about?..Typical man!..lol.