Adventures in Lyminge

My daughter Elida and I went for a mini adventure and this is where we ended up. This is is one of her pictures.

It is a hole at the bottom of a tree in a cul-de-sac in Lyminge...a bit like Alice in the Wonderland, isn't it?

Spring is coming to town!

Another bright and sunny day so a trip to one of my favourite spots in this area: Godmersham!

The Trees by Philip Larkin

The Trees

The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
Their greenness is a kind of grief.

Is it that they are born again
And we grow old? No, they die too.
Their yearly trick of looking new
Is written down in rings of grain.

Yet still the unresting castles thresh
In fullgrown thickness every May.
Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.

Philip Larkin

Moles

If you look closely at the picture, you will find a lot of little hills of soil. They are moles burrows.
Did you know that a female mole is called sow and a males are called boars?

Trees and Snow

Here is another day of snow in Canterbury
These are the same trees from this post.

Winter light

Today was a very cold day but we had light and it made everything look so much better.

Died at 1300 years old.

On the 15th October 1987 metereologists predict rain and strong winds but by midnight they realise that it wasn't just another storm. It was the biggest storm Britain had seen since 1709 and claimed 16 lives. 15 million of trees perished on the storm and one of them was this yew tree in Chilham Church.
It had been there for over 1300 years but in that fatal night it fell and died.

Autumn

I guess Autumn will soon be here.

Preston Nursery

This week I had the pleasure to visit what is certainly one of the most well looked after nurseries in Kent.

With only 4 members of staff - all extremely polite and helpful - they do a fantastic job. You can tell that the plants there are not only well attended to but also loved.

They have a variety of trees and hard to find plants but not roses. I bought several herbs including a pot of Bronze Dill.

The pot in the picture was on sale there too...

If you want to find out more about them visit their website www.prestonnursery.co.uk

Tree

I found this tree in Fordwich not far from the banks of the River Stour

Mushrooms

A couple of month someone said to me "All mushrooms are edible. Some of them only once!"
I would love to be a mushroom hunter but unfortunately I know nothing about them. I took this picture near Garlinge Green.

Do you know anything about mushroom? Do you know the name of this one? Let me know...

Picnic in the woods

Last Friday David had the day off and we went out for a walk in the woods and a picnic in our secret location...

Here is a photo I took for you while we were there...

Tree

I took this photo by chance and my husband loved it so I thought I would show it to you...

Trees

I have always loved trees and here are some I found specially for you...

Lunchtime

You will find this tree just by the bridge across the stream in Godmersham. When I took this picture there were two friends sitting on the sidewall of the bridge eating their sandwiches at lunch time.

Can you think of a better place to have your lunch? I can't!

Lympne

This is very near my house. It is at the back of St Stephen's Church in Lympne.

I feel like I am cheating a little because Lympne is not in Canterbury but I did say Canterbury and surrounding villages. Does 20 miles or so count as near?

This photo was taken by Elida my 13 year old daughter.