A short walk by the river and update on dearly beloved

Well, I had a very restless night, worrying about Keith.  I was awake to see each hour in I think and just dozing in between.  I'm glad to say that the anti-biotics seem to have kicked in and he is feeling a bit better today, and is eating better too and not in so much pain/problems with his eyes.  Let's hope that he continues to improve.  Anyway, I was awake and up at 5 a.m. and went downstairs to make bread and potter, before coming back to bed a couple of hours later.

Here are some photos from a short walk we did on Friday.

Common Cow Wheat.

This was first light, just about, anyway, it was barely 5 a.m.  A solitary Swallow up on the wire.  They are up and about as early as me!!

Yesterday's river walk

As you can see, we had a lot of rain overnight on Wednesday into Thursday.  The river rose significantly and if you fell in, you would be in Carmarthen Bay in double-quick time!

This is my favourite photo-spot along  the river and you can see how high up the river sides it is.

The remains of the tiny cottage where a widow-woman once lived in the 1840s.  She earned her living by charring (rough cleaning) in neighbouring farmsteads.  I always imagine her falling asleep to the sound of the river. 

You can just about see the tiny fireplace in the back wall.

One of my best close-up shots - taken on Scenes (Action setting!!)  Well, it was a bit windy . . .

What a weird beastie - well, it's the hopeful stem of the Himalayan Balsam, hopeful in that when the stem falls over, it will be able to root itself in soil.  A bonus to chucking out loads of explosive seeds everywhere!

Sunshine on the lane going home.

Danny has gone home to his digs today.  He is in the process of changing Dr's surgeries, and is going to have some mates round tonight to cheer him up - I sent him home with a tray bake of Chocolate Raspberry Brownies. 

Off to try and sort out my lace as I screwed-up about an inch back and left out a pin, which is fairly dire to the results!