Disturbance in the Road and Tranquillity in the Park

We were disturbed by flashing blue lights outside our window last evening. It seemed a car chase terminated outside our house.

Just a brief picture from my i-pad showing a little part. It felt a little like being on a movie set.

There were 3 police cars and a very large police van (out of the picture) and at least 12 policeman to whom the suspects were handcuffed to some of them.

It was fascinating watching a sniffer dog getting so excited when it found what it was looking for.

Contrast to tranquillity in our local park.

The scene is of lights over East London at dusk which look like they are on the horizon here. Not so, we are on a hill. 

Now to some sunset scenes where I love the variety on different days.

Contrasting with the pale sun of a winter afternoon lighting up the newly pruned Dogwoods.

I have at last found a way to deal with my photographs and files in Windows 10. It may not be the best way, I don't know, but it works.

Using photos from my phone, i-pad and camera took some thought as well. The easiest thing seems to be to let the software do what it wants and then copy and paste to where I want them. More time consuming but, hey! it was worth it.

Local Park Throughout the Year

I was walking through the park to the shops the other day and as I saw that the leaves were beginning to fall I thought of the many pictures I had taken throughout the year on my phone showing the different seasons.

So here are some of them.

Above a very frosty one

Spring is in the Air

The good old all season Dogwood

then Summer takes a hold

The wild flower meadow

I liked the different coloured grasses here

and we are back to Autumn

It always fascinates me - the different sunsets at different times of year as the light changes

This one was taken this week

I feel so blessed being able to walk to the shops through this park and it is almost at the top of my road

A Walk in our local Woods Today

Spring has sprung so breaking off from working in the garden to take a walk in our local woods. 

A five minute car ride and we are surrounded by countryside to the North of our Borough. Looking South from our nearest park where I walk regularly we overlook London, the best of both worlds.

This park was the estate of Havering Palace with King Charles the I being the last Monarch to stay there in the 17th century. It was used as a royal hunting lodge

Today we are going to begin by walking down the long path of Redwoods

till we come across the Snowdrops, so pretty and delicate

Of course on returning home the gardening is still there! Over the weekend I pruned two trees, 9 bushes and 6 rose bushes - that's just for starters - a lot more to do yet!