Autumn

Well everyone, it's definately Autumn and here's some of the photos I've taken this week.

Conker - just as it fell

Conker - after the rain

Conker Shells

Diamond Bark Tree

Red Berries

More Red Berries

Weeds

Sugar Beet

Close-Up Of The Back of a Wind Turbine

Wind Turbines

Birds Over A Field

Tractor At Work

Tractor Surrounded By Birds

Purple Flower

Chocolate Box House

Thanks for looking
Love to you all

Serenity Take 4

I'm a little late photographing this and I missed the end of September.

Here are the last 3 photos

Thanks for looking

Take care and love to you all,

I Say "tomarto" You Say "tomAto"

If you saw our lettuces the other month, you'll know we've been busy growing salad. I went to them today and picked all these lovely yummy scrummy tomatoes. I so wish we had smellyvision as they smell as delicious as they taste.

Sorry to tease you all, but I'll be having some for my lunch AND tea.

Serenity Take 3

Here's the latest update on the ever changing river near me. Here's June and July's photos so you can see the difference. August's was taken this morning at 8:30am! You can see the sun just coming through the clouds. I'm not normally out and about that early, but I had a doctor's appointment and this spot is a stones throw from the surgery.

A Blot On The Landscape or a Necessary Invention?

I went to the job centre today and decided to drive the back roads home. On my travels, I spotted these wind turbines and wondered ~ Are they a blot on the landscape or a necessary invention?


Years ago, I'm guessing people were saying exactly the same thing about telegraph poles as we do these, but look at us now. On landscape photos the poles are 'just there'. How many of us really notice them when we're out and about? I know I've grown up with them always being there and take no more notice of them than I do of houses and trees.

So, my initial question:

A blot on the landscape or a necessary invention? ~ My reply would be - necessary invention. What would yours be?

When I Went To A Party

My cousin's son Ian, was 21 last week and they had a family garden party for him at the week-end. His brother John was 24 on Monday too so it became a joint party.

Here's some photos from it:

My Auntie Pat (one of my Dad's sisters) and my Mum

John and Ian

Auntie Pat and Uncle Ray















Dot and Phillip

Uncle Ray and his winning prize. A rubber 'thingy' that lights up when you drop it!!!




















I Think He Moved Too Fast For The Camera

Thank you for looking

xxx

Where I Grew Up

I was leaving my mum's the other evening and took the back road out of her village. Less than a mile away, I looked back and admired the scenery, so I thought I'd share it with you.

Serenity ~ Take 2

A month ago I posted a photo of the river near me. I said was going to take a photo at the same time each month and here we are:



I can see a difference, can you?

Lasagne

Sunday night's dinner and I achieved a first ~ woohoo!!!!! I made my first ever lasagne. I didn't make white sauce as I wanted it to be as healthy as possible. Here's the proof of my labour:

2 tins of chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, mixed herbs and seasoning and simmered to a rich consistency

Onions, carrots, courgettes, broccoli, button mushrooms, dried mixed mushrooms, veggie mince, herbs, seasoning and the mixed mushroom stock

Layered in an oven proof dish with lasagne sheets ~ 3 layers of each and topped with grated goat's cheese and parmesan

The end result ~ served with a crisp salad

Are you hungry yet? I made so much that there's enough for another day!!!

The Camera Never Lies

As readers of my ramblings will know, I stayed at my friend Tee's this last Thursday and Friday and had a glass or 2 of wine. Here's the evidence!! LOL It was yummy though!!

Let Us Eat Lettuce

David's been growing salad from seeds and on Wednesday we ate our first lettuce. I was so pleased and thought I'd share it with you. It actually grew to a 2 header, so we had loads and it was rather yummy.

We're waiting for more to be ready plus cucumbers, tomatoes and spring onions. These have all been grown in either grow-bags or plant pots. Nothing as fancy as a vegetable plot as we don't have the room. Who needs one anyway if you can get results like this? We also have strawberries growing, but I'm not expecting much from them until next year.

Ely Cathedral

I'm lucky enough to live and work within half an hour of Ely, so stopped there on my way home from work one day to take some photos of the Cathedral. I was hoping to do the UKS weekly challenge which was based around a city, but my computer crashed while I was doing this post on Friday and I lost the photos I'd uploaded to my computer. Here are some of the pictures I took and thankfully blogger saved for me. The last photo shows why it's called The Ship Of The Fens. I live 20 miles away and on a clear day can see it only a mile or so from my home.