I walked a different route to one of my local pools and once there I noticed that the Heron was sitting on one of his usual perches, surveying the pool. Every now and then he would fly over the ducks and geese, chasing them away before landing on the edge of the pool. Back and [...]
Archive for the tag 'Leegomery Pools'
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A Tale of Two Herons
23 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2020
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Happy New Year :-)
After lunch I donned my #walk1000miles 2020 badge and set off on a local walk. Due to having guests for an evening meal to celebrate New Year’s day I wasn’t able to venture further afield.
Along the way I was able to sit on one of my favourite benches and watch the antics of the ducks [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2020
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Birds, Woods & Pools
First thing this morning I went in to the upstairs room where my computer is situated. I needed to charge my mobile phone.
Movement in the garden distracted me. The light rain had enticed my garden birds out of their perching places. My upstairs retreat is the perfect place to watch and enjoy my garden birds. [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2019
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One Goose or Two
After lunch I stepped out for a quick walk along my local pathways. I didn’t take a camera with me, thinking that there would be nothing new of interest to photograph.
How wrong I was! The geese and ducks were flocking in a different area around Leegomery pools. The ducks in particular were wandering around my [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2019
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Local Pathways
First thing this morning the sun was shining tempting me to visit Attingham Park for a walk in the woodlands. Before going out on any adventure I had to wait in for a routine maintenance visit scheduled between 8.30 and 13.30.
The maintenance man arrived at around 10 am, but for some reason a job that [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 6th 2019
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realise you’re already in Heaven now.
Jack Kerouac
20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2019
…this is what I found this afternoon.
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2019
