Beyond The Garden,..glengarry23.

Beautiful sunny day today,..blue sky for most of the day.

Asters growing in only two locations in my area,..not counting those roots i took home and they are thriving

 

Scratching my head of late in bewilderment,..the river has dropped down to last July levels?,..
from its Autumn/Winter level

Soooo the explanation given,..in order to build a water barrier between the road and river the water had to be dropped to allow this,..so still scratching my head,..why not drop the water level down every year to save building a water barrier .

I only had a small camera with very little zoom so i carefully approached the Cormorant on the jetty,..i was content with the distance in the last image so as not to disturb his relaxing period,..not forgetting the Ducks.













Heath Bedstraw 'Galium saxatile',..there is also a Lime Bedstraw,..Northern Bedstraw,..Marsh Bedstraw.



Marsh or Leopard Orchid 'Dactylorhiza praetermissa',..captured on my walk.

 

Returned after being away on a work project in Galway Bay,..wearing a mask most of the time but not because of the Virus,..nope i was using a Sander on a wooden boat,..hard on the arms when working for a few hours but the rewards were worth it,..also purchased a nice car which is dog friendly,..meaning enough space in the back for a small dog.




Autumn Leaves to be seen on my walk yesterday.


The Weir.



Fireworks going off tonight so Foxy Molly was distressed,..my multi purpose scarf come hat covering her ears does the trick.

 

I like your car @glengarry23 , and your dog is cute I hope she's all right now .

I try to go for a walk every day around this village where I live, and I thought I'd show some photos I took on a recent sunny afternoon ...





















We've had lots of rain these past few days and it all looks quite different in that weather

 

Philip. I wondered what you were up to.

Neat car, I like black but not suitable here.
Poor Foxy Molly, but she looks so cute. Hope Shadow (?) was okay too,

Lovely views as always. Good to have you back.

@Michael Hewett Thank you for sharing your wander with us ... but being Welsh I am fond of the country.


... but my Grandfather was Irish so I have a bit of that in me ...

 

Thank you @Victoria I'm glad you enjoyed my photos, and how interesting to know that you are Welsh.
What mongrells we all are lol ! I count myself as Welsh but I am really a mixture of Welsh and English (Devon and Lancashire).

 

I am so relieved about that @ARMANDII

 

@Michael Hewett ,..nice images Michael,.. weather permitting,.. were i living in that village i would be out capturing images very often,..i can see the makings of a good Thread,.. ''Michaels Walks'',...

Another Mongrel here,..Scottish and Irish,..heaven knows what the original name was but back in around 200 AD it was Ultaig,..some members changed to Mac An Ultaig,..now its just Nulty

 

@Victoria ,..ah yes a work related absence,..with dog in tow .

A black car not suitable there,..i presume heat attraction,..i couldn't resist taking it after i checked the booth of course and Foxy Moly looked very comfortable back there.

No fireworks to be heard tonight so we are having a stress free night as seen below.

 

Lots of rain,..dark clouds indicate further days of rain.









Looking a tad brighter.

 

Not a breeze in the image below.



The usual dark clouds.



A Swan family outing,..first there were 5 cygnets,..then one vanished just three days after hatching,..another vanished some weeks later,..another died due to an oil spill leaving just the two youngsters.


Though they go from the Canal into the river,.. the parents tend to spend more time in the Canal and for years make their nest there.





The Male.


The watcher.

 

Heat and dirt roads, Philip. We might be getting some of your rain.