I went to the park on Sunday morning for a walk round the duck pond. I’m a man of simple tastes and thought I’d have a look in before buying coffee at McDonald’s and taking it back to the launderette. It didn’t quite work out like that as I became so engrossed that Julia rang me to find out where I was.
The young Heron in the header picture was loafing round too, so it wasn’t as if I was the only one loitering round the pond in an aimless manner.The main difference was that I was sitting on a bench and the heron was perching on an artificial island. The idea is that plants will colonise the mesh. It hasn’t quite worked out, but the Heron seemed to like it despite the lack of plants.
There were other birds around, and a selection of dogs and small children, but they weren’t as close as the geese. The pigeons were a bit closer, but they aren’t that interesting.
That was a few days ago. Today’s news is that I’ve chipped a front tooth. It’s been going for a while. I suppose it will get worse until it results in more time at the dentist.
We had a thunderstorm over the house last night, which woke us up and lowered the temperature for a while. It was so humid this morning on the way to work that I started sweating between the house and the car. I’m not very fit but even I don’t generally sweat after walking ten yards.
Tonight I’m shaving my head, as my current look – long thinning hair slicked down by sweat is a very unattractive look. Even Julia has mentioned it, and she’s not that fussy, as you can guess from the fact that she’s been looking at me regularly over the last 30 years.
The way my luck is running, I will probably end up cutting an ear off.
Sorry I missed this post before but glad to have read it today.
Another blogger has offered to donate £1 to butterfly conservation for every link to a blog or blog post posted on the page she has set up. So, I would like to introduce her to your musings and photography.
Thank you – that’s good of you.
Will there be a post shave selfie?
I think it is very likely. I’m even thinking of one last outing for the selfie shirt.
Beautiful shot of the close-up of the feathers. Hope the weather cools down soon. I’ve read that heat records are expected to be broken in London, where the temps are supposed to be over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Holy cats!
My car thermometer read 38.5 C on the way home tonight – 101 F. I’ve been sitting in front of a fan eating ice cream. 🙂
Can’t “like” this. We had our own brutally hot weather last week. Lasted for three days. Hope yours goes away SOON!
It should be cooler tomorrow. 🙂
Well – your photos are almost in the class of Van Gogh 🙂
Thank you. (I was so tempted to say “Speak up, I can’t hear you.”) 🙂
🙂