Well Hello

A huge morning in the garden today. Things look mostly the same but a lot brighter now as I've taken out some major branches and forks, one nearly 30ft long. The larger pieces went to our neighbour for his log burner - the rest slowly built a bonfire until it was nearly 10ft high and getting slightly precarious. I'd stacked it with a core of old super dry wood from when we took down the old greenhouse - so whilst it took all day it burned hot and tonight there's just ash (see extra).

Having thought the swallows had abandoned us this year (first time in six years they've not nested in the open porch) it was great to find this pair watching me from the seldom visited back wall of the garage.