GARDEN FLOWERS and TWO BIRDS

On Saturday my Grandson Pedro arrived to spend a couple of months with me. We had a lovely weekend with Eva as well. It's such a pleasure to have Pedro staying with me and we have plenty of fun together. It's a good time to take a break from blogging for a while, so this will be my last post before we meet again in blog land. Rain has spoilt a lot of my garden flowers, yes we are still getting wet weather, but although my camellias and azaleas are past their best I took a couple of photos of each, as Pedro and I took a turn round the garden, and then to the hedge near the garage where the hawthorn is in full bloom in all it's glory. The hedge just looked like it was covered in snow. To finish a couple of birds I saw on Saturday.

    I think that I took the photos a little too near to get the flowers in focus, but they are still pretty.

The pink weigelia have finished blooming but the white still have some flowers and new buds to open. 

     

Most of my roses are under the porch and protected from the months of rain we have been  having.

                                                                        

 

Wild rose

THE EURASIAN JAY Garrulus Glandarius

 Hi everyone, I was hesitant to make another post sharing the Eurasian Jay as I have shown so many of these beautiful birds before, but after much deliberation decided that I would share them with you, before all the leaves make it difficult to see them in the trees. A few leaves have already appeared so I hope you don't mind another series of Jay photos.

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FEBRUARY & APRIL IMAGES

On the day Eva and I went to see the deer, we saw the horse and lamb in a field and of course I had to go down to the river to see if there were any ducks swimming in the water. No ducks, so I took a photo of the bridge. This bridge like many in Northern Portugal was built by the Romans who occupied Portugal for more than 700yrs from the 3rd Century AD to the 4th century AD, building cities, establishing governments, farming the land, and connecting settlements with a network of roads and bridges. Roman bridges aren't just beautiful structures, they are a testament to the Romans incredible engineering skills, which have stood the test of time, and are still in use today. I have crossed four Roman bridges on foot. rather than by car, and it was a wonderful feeling to tread on the the same stones that were once used by Romans so many years ago. 

I managed to find a photograph of an Egyptian Goose in the archives---

We passed this wooden barrel door looking a little neglected, but I thought it was interesting

On arriving home I photographed some Domestic Geese just outside our gate. and as I hadn't been to the pond in a long time we stopped so that I could take some photos.

The Marsh Frog was still in residence, and to my surprise didn't seem to mind me being there.

It seemed more curious than afraid.

I was pleased with the outcome and with the obliging frogs-

 A squirrel in a favourite resting place.

The Tachinid Fly

A Carpenter Bee well inside an Azália flower.

I tried another shot, but it hurriedly buried itself deep inside the flower.

Four Jay captures,taken one after another.

Here you see a new leaf on the tree which had many tall branches cut down- 

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