Bees, Trees and Trains.......

 My jumper keeps my body warm but my hands are cold.    Temperatures have dropped and a chilly wind is blowing.

Some of the willows are looking sickly......I must remember to clear the leaves and burn them.   If it is a virus, I do not want it to spread through the garden.

 Bees are dying.......

Late, each evening, I walk the garden and collect stranded bees.    I put them in the shelter of the shed, leave them with honey.   Many have gone back to the garden, looking much happier :)

 Queen of the Prairie is looking beautiful.   The wet conditions do not seem to bother her.    She is slowly creeping through the border.    She is one of my favourite  plants.

A few weeks ago the Golden Arrow went by.   I ran to the end of the garden and managed to get a photograph, you can just see the golden arrow on the front.   People were in carriages having lunch........I was surprised how many waved to me :)   I love old steam trains.   They take me back to a bygone age, they make me smile.     I love the smell of  smoke that remains in the garden long after the train has gone.

The forecast for the next five days is more rain.    I have at last managed to clear the copse.    Overgrown, and full of stinging nettles (as tall as me ), it was not easy, it has taken three days.    I came in yesterday, wet, tired, and with lots of bites and stings.....but the job is done and that makes me feel better.    I am having a quiet day, and taking my parents out to lunch.

I do so hope that those that need rain, it comes soon.   For those in the UK, whose homes have been flooded for the second time in a month, my heart is with you.