God of the garden

Very restorative day today, sleeping and reading - though not, I fear, eating yet. Got up around 4 and caught the bus into town to restock the medicine cupboard and wandered over to this little garden. I think it's my favourite quiet place in Winchester, tucked away and presided over by its classical god.

In some of the shots I took the water in front of the balustrade was a milky jade colour and I nearly put one of those in, but in the end I wanted to show more of ol' curly head under his magnolia grandiflora and surrounded by lilies and lilac.

Friday night - how lovely for us all..