I had a restless night, woke at 3.45 and that was IT for sleep. I came downstairs, pottered about, but had to go back to bed later, accompanied by toe-killing kittens. Here are some photos from the walk Tam and I did on Saturday, a favourite one of ours. This is one of the broodmare band turned out up on the mynydd by Pant-y-Llyn lake.
The Section A stallion who could win prizes for that splendid mane and forelock!
Time for 40 winks in the sunshine.
Nearly back at the car, the Brecon Beacons.
Now I need to bake some Plum Muffins to use up plums - Keith always says they are too hard to eat - and then they go mouldy . . . My lawn man comes tonight, so as he's an elderly batchelor, I thought he might appreciate some to take home.
I made a cracking loaf of bread in the oven earlier, and also picked the flowers for Elderflower hand cream, which is now made up and in jars. It's brilliant when you get those painful cracks at the end of your fingers in winter. Enjoy the sunshine.
It's no good waking at that time is it, half an hour later and the bloody birds start twittering ... it's the only time birdsong drives me to distraction. I'm alright if I go and sit outside and listen to it, but lying in bed desperate for sleep as I used to be, I found it infuriating. I hope you can have a nice calm day today.
ReplyDeleteI am out early tomorrow (viewing a house with Eldest Daughter) so have to be away first thing, and I'm back in the yellow bedroom again tonight. I may end up staying in there because Keith is restless and was having nightmares last night.
DeleteI went for a walk, picked Elderflowers, made soothing hand cream, baked a cracking loaf of crusty bread and a batch of Plum Muffins. I also read a bit of my downstairs book The King's Evil by Andrew Taylor. I did have to go back to bed earlier though - just exhausted.
Is there anything quite as enchanting as a foal feeding from its patient mother? I have seen it a hundred times yet it never grows old.
ReplyDeleteHello and welcome David. She was a lovely little mare too and such a good mum. Had we not been intent on walking right round the lake, I'd have just sat on a rock and watched the ponies for half an hour.
DeleteBeautiful sunshine photos of your lovely bit of the world
ReplyDeleteIndeed, we have had a month of it. Currently we have windy, overcast mornings and then it all clears to 19 or 20 deg. Thunderstorms predicted for Sunday so I got Glynn to come and cut the grass for me. I'd planned to leave it 3 weeks (this was 2 1/2) but best have it low as if it rains it will soon be a hay meadow again.
DeleteThat time of the morning can be the best and most beautiful and breathtaking. I love it.
ReplyDeleteGood looking ponies. I miss keeping an eye on ponies with my late Mountain Man
I love early morning, but had slept badly in the night so was exhausted from the get-go.
DeleteDo you have a recipe for your soothing handcream?
ReplyDeleteI'll put it up in the next post. It's good stuff.
DeleteGorgeous ponies, that mane on the stallion is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if I could find Elderflowers here... Must check that out. Rather doubt it as our winters are so cold.
God bless.
Conformation-wise, the stallion's mane is his best asset!
DeleteHope you can find Elder growing. Its pretty tough.
it's 3:45 a.m. and I've been awake since just before 2:00 a.m. Dawn is slowly breaking.
ReplyDeleteWhen I look at such wondrous majesty in your photos, I wonder why people bother to go abroad on their holidays.
Last night I was back in the yellow bedroom - which is probably my bedroom now, as I do sleep so much better in there.
DeleteI think people really under-rate the beauty of the British countryside, and some Welsh beaches are amongst the best in the world. Ah well, their loss.
The British countryside is always glorious I think, and the month of June is the jewel in the crown.
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DeleteI love May as it's always so beautiful with the spring flowers and it feels like a reward for suffering winter! June this year is superb too as we've just had wall to wall sunshine for the last month, and not too hot either. A wet June is nothing like so much fun!
DeleteBeautiful photos of the ponies and the countryside, thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I just love those stones. I don't know why. I just do.
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