A gift

There was a surprise in the post for me today.

I've been hankering after an otter for beside the pond for a while - a real one would be best, but failing that, a concrete one is better than nothing.  I was out early today, weeding before it got too hot, and when I came in, W presented me with a box.  He'd ordered this on the internet.  

It came packed in masses of bubble wrap and newspaper, and it's lovely.  I photographed it on our very sad looking lawn whilst we were enjoying our morning coffee on the patio.