Don't you just love this time of year? The weather today is horrendous - torrential rain, gusty winds that rattle our letter box and make the poor fir tree in our back garden sway alarmingly. It's proper 'staying-in-under-the-duvet-watching-tv' weather. Yesterday, however, was gorgeous.
Me and the little man went into Newent with Daddy and ran a few errands while he opened up the bike shop. Then, finding ourselves with some time on our hands we decided to get a bag of duck food from the local green grocers (30p!!) and go for a walk around Newent Lake, a tranquil spot just a stones throw from the Old Shambles Village .
The ducks formed and orderly queue...
...but quickly got stuck in!
It was warm in the sunshine but there was a definite autumn nip in the air and the signs of the changing season were everywhere. Fallen leaves, changing colours, berries and nuts and busy squirrels preparing for winter scarcity.
The water was very still and perfectly reflected the trees and sky...
In fact it was so still I had trouble working out which way up was the right way with this picture!
Riley loves the water and always stops at the bridges to gaze at the water running beneath...
How lucky we are to have such a beautiful place to visit so close by :)
Edited 28th May 2011
Whilst blog hopping (as you do) I stumbled across this lovely idea at The Boy and Me . An opportunity to show off a previous post that didn't do as well as you'd hoped, didn't get the views you would have liked and give it a second chance. This post was first published in October 2010 before I got involved in the mummy blogging community and Twitter. I chose this one mainly because I just love the photos so much. Hope you enjoy it this time round too :)
Gorgeous photos! You write so beautifully that even without looking at the pictures I could imagine the scene in my head. Glad to have found you through the Show Off Show Case.
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