Today is a perfect Peak District Day. The Sun is shining, and the sky is a clear silent blue with just the occasional humble cloud gently passing by. There is just enough breeze to make the mid-day heat a joy, and being pretty sure that we may not have many more days as beautiful as this one, I am going to sit in the garden and bathe in its charm. Even Mr Owl has decided it’s far to nice a day to miss and every so often I can hear him twit-twooing from his hiding place high up in a tree. I just wish I could find him so I could take his picture, but although I frequently follow his voice in hope of a meeting, we have only had a fleeting glimpse as he flew silently across the night sky one evening.
He flew across the gap in these Horse Chestnut trees which are now laden with conkers. Autumn will be interesting as there are 4 trees in a row and those conkers could do some serious damage to a certain ‘Lord of the Manors’ car (oops!)
This little blue tit is one of the babies from my blog Bird table Babies. Its been such a joy watching them grow up right outside my window. He was just having a little rest while allowing the summer breeze to ruffle his feathers.
The teapot from my blog Who sacked the Teapot? still continues to be a great hit, but I may well have to add another one as there is often a queue to get in. I think I will have to accidently break the lid of my present tea pot just so I can give the birds another feeding post.
It must feel like quite a safe place as they often just rest a while before leaving.
One of my favourite spots for a cuppa. Our garden only goes as far as the bushes in the corner but that’s only on paper. From where I’m sitting I feel like it spreads to the trees and fields beyond and that’s good enough for me. I don’t have a lot of knowledge of gardening so I have a lot to learn with this one. It has been so carefully planted and I’m totally amazed each time I think we have seen our last bloom and something pops up to surprise us. It seems to be a garden that ‘keeps on giving’.
I couldn’t resist these two as they poked their pretty (if a little prickly) heads over the stone walls.
What do you put in pots as you come towards the Autumn? I’m going to have to fill these with something. The Globe Artichoke in the background would have looked wonderful if it hadn’t been munched by our neighbours!
They seemed to rather enjoy it grrrrrr! In fact, I soon learned not to put anything too near the fence as I was loosing my plants and my pots!!.
Luckily they can only reach so far.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this gorgeous summer afternoon in The Peaks. I certainly have. I’m going to leave you with a photo of a little potted rose that I love and a short poem from Emily Dickinson. Wishing you a Happy Sunday wherever you are.
A ROSE.
A sepal, petal, and a thorn
Upon a common summer’s morn,
A flash of dew, a bee or two,
A breeze
A caper in the trees,-
And I’m a rose!
Love Alison x
Poem by Emily Dickinson.
Photos by Alison fielding.
Through rose tinted glasses. 
Alison, what a beautiful garden, a lovely place to sit and watch nature and the beautiful weather. Your “neighborns
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Alison, what a beautiful garden, a lovely place to sit and watch nature and the beautiful weather. Your “neighbors” manners have much to be desired LOL…my sister has deer come visit her garden and munch on her veggies, apples and plants, she is annoyed but she protects what she wants with special fencing and lets them have a tasty treat from other plants. I love the photos, what a delightful post, thank you.
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So glad you enjoyed it Laura. Ive been short on time recently so it was lovely to have such a gorgeous day to sit out and enjoy what was around. Luckily there is a barbed wire fence of sorts keeping the cows from coming into the garden but they can still reach over!
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Beautiful photos and I love your garden.
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Thank you Liz. It is lovely and Im very fortunate to be living here.
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Hello Alison. Beautiful garden.
The photo of the bird in the teapot is terrific. Enjoy the upcoming week.
Neil Scheinin
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Thank you. I get some good opportunities to take close photos of the bird life. Just need to spend a bit of time working out how to use my camera to its best.
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Alison, what a heavenly garden and setting! Absolute bliss and I love the poem … thank you for brightening my day! Katie
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Thanks Katie. On a sunny day it really is blissful, lets see if I feel the same when the snow drifts arrive!!
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So glad I brightened your day. That makes it all worthwhile.
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Absolutely! Thanks very much for making me happy.
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So beautiful.
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Thank you, have a lovely week.
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🙂
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Such a lovely garden to while away the hours. All ruminents would eat our gardens to nubs if given the chance. Deer are my main invaders. 😦
Not sure how cold your area gets, but if it doesn’t freeze solid (to break your terracotta), I noticed other UK gardeners put spring bulbs in their pots for an early spring show. You could plant them and store them in a shed or garage if freezing occurs. Come spring, you’ll be happy to have them.
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Thankfully the cows cant get right into the garden Eliza but given half the chance I think they would make a fine meal of everything. They certainly had a go at enjoying some of my sweet peas. The bulbs sound a good idea, will have to give it some thought. 🙂
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Alison your garden is so beautiful. Such a lovely picture of the bird in the teapot. You have the best neighbors, too!
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Thank you Lisa. It did look really pretty in the summer sunshine. Couldnt resist sharing the moments.
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It looks so peaceful and serene where you live. Beautifu photos of the birds and the teapot!
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Thanks Pete. Its not very serene tonight as farmers are sileaging late into the night but yes generally it is so peaceful.
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That all looks so gorgeous!
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Thank you Gary😊
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I am in Aww with your garden Alison. Such an inspiring environment. You brought your teapot from the city house… That’s lovely. The picture with the bird in it is so cute. Keep well.
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