another walk in the back 40.....

hello there

all you lovely people

who come by here and leave me little comments

:}

this little walk in the back garden was actually supposed to be a duck shoot

no, not with a gun

but with little blue's lens

trained on the only two ducks I have seen of late

I don't know what's happened to all our ducks

the lake used to be full of them

making big noise and lots of fighting and even one who sounded like it was laughing

but they are no more

and I don't know why

husband suggested that they have gone on to another lake

but this is their home

and has been for many years

so why would they leave now

hope it's just that they are on the small lake across the dam

or around the corner on the little island

so anyway

of course by the time I had grabbed my coffee

and the camera and walked

all the way around the house

(such a long way!!!!)

the two little nincompoops had scarpered

and wouldn't let me

shoot them when I spied them over by the wood pile

so

we have leaves and flowers to look at

again

as always

never ending

but it sure is pretty outside

despite the cold cold wind

that only blows when you're about to

click the shutter

there was great excitement in my little heart this a m

as I spied

for the first time in a

 very very very

very

long time

blooms on the lilac

this bush is ancient

and refuses to bloom

no matter where it's planted

or how I try to make it

but

today

there they are

lilac blooms

and another ancient thing

the

clematis

one of the first plants I bought when we moved here

twirling and winding its way up the

trellis

hopefully getting ready to

explode with its big purple flowers

and the viburnum

this made me think of quilting or smocking

and if the squirrels don't eat all the new leaves or buds

we may have something in a few weeks

and one of the few left

the sweet grape hyacinths

with their little purple bells opening in the sun

also very old bulbs and the voles must have missed this tiny patch

all the way at the bottom of the garden

(don't you love that phrase...bottom of the garden....sounds so

garden-y!!!!....like you actually have...a garden)

:}

and at this time of year

my very favourite bush of them all

the

spirea

such an ugly name for such a beautiful bush

look at these teeny tiny

perfectly perfect

rose like

little gems

waving at the sky in the breeze

and look at that sky

not a cloud in it

just bright blue never ending

loveliness

(if you can ignore the military planes going in circles and getting ever louder and more annoying)

no just look at the sky

and ignore

but don't ignore this little fellow

resting his little yellow head on a stone

in the sun by the steps

where I tried to sit for a second and finish my coffee before it got completely cold

but I couldn't

as I spied the

Jacob's Ladder full of blooms ready to open

and who can ignore

the only lonely single solitary

daff

still here sunning herself

hanging on through snow and wind and rain and storms

she's the first thing I see in the morning as she sits outside our bedroom

and I shall miss her when she's gone

because she sits in the bed where the voles have gone ballistic and eaten it almost to nothing so there won't be very much to replace her

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 ( as I type this the planes continue to circle and there is some kind of military machine "thing" that makes a sound that I imagine comes from hell... I have never found anyone to tell me what it is.....but  it's a sound that chills you to the bone....and now the jets are coming in at tree top level and screaming their way to where they drop .........bombs.......real ones....loud ones

real life is never far from this little patch of ground where I take these pictures

and real life comes in the form of war machines and violence and noises from hell)

but let us try to ignore real life

and savour nature

as she once again

brings life and beauty back

 for us to enjoy and revel in

where one tiny pea sized little white flower can almost bring you to tears

notice

 nature is called

She

and

Mother

 ...........................

  hope you find something to revel in

or

that just plain makes you happy

I'm off to play with fu

see ya

♥