The maximum temperature here today is 12⁰C, minimum -2⁰C. Grey skies. Wind 27km/h icy South-Westerly winds with gusts up to 53 km/h. Dry at present but 90% rain is forecast.
Sorry, I am struggling to keep up with everything. I had a bad fall out walking a couple of
weeks back, looking at some cattle when my foot disappeared down a pothole. Sadly causing some damage to my lens which we are trying to get a
spare part for. I think I cracked a rib, I did not bother to get it checked as I know the feeling from past broken ribs. Nothing you can do other than wait for it to heal. I was black and blue and very sore. I was on the mend when a carpet slipped under my foot and I opened up my shin from sliding into the bed. Two days later, I cracked my shin
on the wheelbarrow in exactly the same place!! My leg ballooned and turned blue, so an urgent
trip to the Dr. I now have a special dressing on it to prevent it from healing too early and causing a clot, it is also heavily bandaged
with a compression bandage, this now has to be dressed daily for the next 10days!!! I am now on day three. Herewith are some photos from that walk plus a few others in December.
Before I fell on the fatal day,18/11/2022, I was surprised to see this Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) still around in Mid-November
Dandelion (Crepis vesicaria).
Common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
Gorse. (Ulex europaeus)
European holly (Ilex aquifolium).
Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
Teasel, (Dipsacus).
Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare).
Red clover (Trifolium pratense).
A log of wood - I thought at first it was ET 😀
Cattle when I should have looked where I was going!
Grey heron (Ardea cinerea).
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo).
Great Banded Furrow Bee (Halictus scabiosa) on the cosmos 20/11/2021 before the first frost.
A welcome visitor to the garden, hopefully in hiding from the hunters!
red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa).
Autumn in all its glory. Acer tree.
Hydrangeas.
Possibly Mycena polygramma next to the woodpile.
Calendula.
Mexican Orange blossom (Choisya ternata).
One of the last roses.
A maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) golden carpet.
European robin (Erithacus rubecula),
All of the later photos (after the walk), are taken with my old Nikon D3200 camera and the old temperamental Nikon 55-300mm lens, or the Nikon Coolpix S7000. My D3500 camera is fine and survived the fall, but it does not want to work with the 55-300 lens!
Take care everybody, keep well and stay safe.
