Deutzia growing along the avenue.

I took this picture of one of several Deutzia's that are growing along the avenue. In this instance the flowers are pink but in other parts of the gardens we also have white flowered varieties.

One of the bridges at Boughton On The Water

‎A picture taken last Saturday at Boughton On The Water during our visit to the Cotswolds.

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A two day trip to the Cotswolds.

I'm sorry to have to say that all the ducklings in my last post are dead, they got eaten by the bosses dogs the day after I took the photo of them. It's sad to say that many young birds fall victim to the dogs at this time of year.

Tomorrow Vicki and I are going on a two day trip to the Cotswolds. This is a coach trip so so no driving for me so I will get to relax and watch the countryside go by during the journey. If you wish to view the trip click [HERE].

Twelve ducklings

For some time now I have been seeing a duck wandering around in the garden and thought it must be nesting somewhere, it seems I was right because this afternoon it appeared again only this time it had something like twelve ducklings tagging along with it.

Wild Garlic.

A nice bed of wild garlic growing on the sides of the avenue.

This could be used in some home baked bread.

Blue bells and Wisteria.

Blue Bells and Wisteria by the lily pond.

The gardeners little helper.

This is Blonde.

She belongs to the family of the big house.

Of late she has been helping me in the garden.

She is very good at pruning Fig trees,

Shredding sticks and old Parsnips,

and keeping pigeons off the cabbages.

Her favourite treats are anything edible,

fussy ears and a tummy rub.

Colourful Field

The countryside is very bright with oilseed rape flowers at the moment.

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