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13th June poppies

This year poppies are almost entirely shades of mauve. Farmers have sown or othrrwise allowed to grow these headlznds full of daisies. Best show I have ever seen. I was out picking elder flowers f.or the final batch of cordial. And my roses are now surrounded by bee covered astrantia. The lavenders were not happy here but these astrantia love it. You just have to let plants thrive where they want to. Took Heidi to play cricket at Cricklade. Fielding, run up and bowling. Cricklade won.
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5th June end of school

Darcey finishes school today and Tom finishes his current job. While waiting for the chimney sweep noticed this odd cloud formation. On my way here I was dive bombed by a red kite. Seeing it diving from the sky in front of me was quite alarming. It looked huge. 
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Sunday 24th to Tuesday 26th flowers

Hottest day so far. 28  degrees at 6.45pm and heard first cuckoo. Up to 32 next day, now 33.5 and hopefully a thunderstorm. Can the yellow roses get any better than this? And the peonies.
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Actually in Devon then home

We are only 7, so lots of space and we started with charcoal dust. The subject is mountainous terrain. Jenny and Sabine came for supper in my flat.  Day 2 and more experimenting. Then a trip to Lympstone. Another of those villages on the water with tiny lanes. No parking and the car constantly beeping because the hedges are too close. Old fishermen"s cottages all done up but it all felt like a prison and I needed to escape. So found another lane and took a quick snap of the estuary. It looked rather like our paintings today. Then this imposing front entrance. Day 3 Using bright paper was a revelation. The Otter . Yesterday the verges were full of rape today all gone. ...
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