Barnard Castle Eye Test

Pandemic Cause

More From The Garden

Allium

Iris

 

Bellis

Alstroemeria

From The Pond To The Garden

Roses & Peonies

Pond Iris Time

Spectacular time around the pond.

S.W.M.B.O. and I have our coffee sitting by the pond in the morning - feed the fish and try to identify the damselflies and dragonflies, and yesterday the bees as it was national bee day.

Poppy & Saffie

Many of you will know that the cat featured in the blog header is Poppy who was my constant companion when I first retired.

This photo is of Saffie and I thought the pose was slightly similar?

After This Is Over

Procuring PPE

Parents Crack In Lockdown

New Bathroom

Saffie thinks her new bathroom is a bit small - and no privacy!

Lockdown 'Humour'

It's two metres - you TIT

I was only going to the park for my exercise!

Grammar Police

Heading Back To The Marina

By this time, the 'lock down' was in place and all the pubs and restaurants had closed. The leisure boaters were requested to return to base and go home.

We ambled back to the marina reckoning we were pretty much self-isolating on Stella.

We envied the people in this lovely canal side house who were locked down there

Our final night's mooring above the bottom lock at Napton

A nice bit of humour in the current situation

Rousham House & Gardens 2

The gardens were not very spectacular in March, we were the only ones there, and it rained.

Apart from that...well worth going back in the summer I would imagine

Rousham House & Gardens

This was our mooring at Little Heyford

We walked one and a half miles to Rousham House.

Here's the gatehouse

Here's the main house

Lots of bantams!

South Oxford Canal Aboard nb Stella

Here we are at our base, Wigrams Turn Marina before setting off down the South Oxford Canal.

The calm before the Coronavirus storm which was to follow

Stubbs Exhibition

Recently went to a Stubbs exhibition at Milton Keynes art gallery near the theatre.

Here's a few of the many paintings which were on display.

Bedtime Chat