A lovely lazy day.

I spent much of today with our youngest daughter and as it was such a nice day we took her dog for a walk. This little wooded area is in the middle of quite a large development of houses.   We both think that the tree above needs a statue to fill that niche, or perhaps a narrow studded oak door.

We were both surprised to see bluebells already in flower, but they were in a sheltered corner.  The colour is washed out here but in reality they are such a glorious blue.

This gorgeous peacock butterfly very kindly kept it's wings open for me.  I can't tell you the number of times I have tried to photograph them in the garden and they are off before I can focus the camera.

I was curious to see if there was anything of interest on the other side of the road so we walked through the underpass to get a better look at this lovely rural scene - pity about the pylon in the distance.   There is a tarmac path which ends abruptly at the hedge in the foreground.   Very odd.

This little bit of tangled woodland was just off to the right of the first view.   I am so pleased that these small areas of unspoiled countryside still exist even though they are so close to a main road and a very large housing estate.

After lunch we enjoyed a bit of playtime.   Julia worked on a painting she had already begun and I experimented with collaging various papers onto artists canvas.   I plan to use paint and or ink to create a subtle background onto which I would like to add either a drawing or perhaps a piece of stitched work.  If this comes to anything I'll let you know.   If it doesn't, I'll keep quiet about it!