Today’s guest picture is another from my sister Mary’s collection of views of London’s parks. This one shows Kenwood at the top of Hampstead Heath.
The forecast was for another grey but dry day and I had hopes of getting a cycle ride in but things occurred which postponed this.
The first postponement was caused by the need to fill the garden feeders. I was just taking down the new covered feeder to clean it when a movement in the elder made me look up. To my amazement, a robin was placidly sitting on a small branch not more than two feet away from me. I looked at it. It looked at me.
I took the feeder away to clean it and it was still there when I came back. I went to get my camera and this full frame shot shows just how calm the robin was.
Then it hopped off and I didn’t see it again all day.
When I got back in, the newly filled feeders attracted a lot of traffic. Usually, I look for a (fairly) interesting close up possibility but today I am putting in the whole shot.
Under the feeder, things were quieter.
Then I was further distracted by an offer of treacle scones from Dropscone. I was able to offer him a different flavour of coffee now that my new bag of beans has been delivered. He managed to conceal his overwhelming excitement at this turn of events very well.
Then the need to cut another branch off the apple tree took over and the cut branch needed to be clipped and sawn and shredded until it had all disappeared.
Then after a very light lunch, there was the need to take a projector and laptop to Mrs Tootlepedal’s Embroiderers’ Guild meeting as their visiting speaker had a CD of pictures and nothing to show it on. This took a bit of time as the pictures need to be changed from a Power Point format into the Open Office format which is what I use. However, it all worked very well and I was able to leave them to it and return home.
Now was the moment for my cycle ride at last but once again it was postponed. I thought that I ought to finish making some practice CDs for our Carlisle choir. I am trying a few samples out on one or two members to see if they find them useful. This took a little longer than I expected and Mrs Tootlepedal had returned from her meeting by the time that I had finished.
There would have been still time for a short ride but the need for a walk round the garden to get a little colour for today’s post before the light went intervened.
Then my final chance of a pedal was washed away by a combination of sheer indolence and gathering gloom. Perhaps I will manage to get out tomorrow but I am not betting the house on it.
The gloomy light made getting a good flying close up very hard so this artistic impression (code for ‘poor photo’) of a chaffinch will have to do.
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I look forward to reading about how life tried to distract you tomorrow and whether it succeeds.
I will be strong.
I must remember the phrase ‘artistic impression’. I’m sure it will come in very useful. How pleasant to have a friendly robin in your garden. His photograph is excellent. The fuchsia photo is lovely too.
It is hard not to take a good picture of a fuchsia.
We’ve been dealing with some “gathering gloom” on this side of the pond also. That time of the year.
I like autumn a lot but the shorter days are a heavy price to pay for it.
I like the rudbeckias. They remind me of witch hazel flowers for some reason.
Those are great shots of the fuchsia blossoms and the photogenic robin. They’re cute little birds.
The rudbeckias certainly add a lot of late colour to the garden.
I love those feeder shots.
As you can guess, I like them too.
What a lovely experience you had with the robin and a great shot. Yesterday I was in a rainforest, walked around a corner and came face to face with a pademelon ( a small marsupial) that was standing on a mossy log. It was a wonderful moment but unfortunately it moved before I could take a picture to share with you on my blog. I enjoy those nature surprises. Thanks for the lovely flower pictures – I’m also very fond of fuchsias. 🙂
Robins can be trained to fetch seed from the hand but I am too impatient.
your fuchsia is beautiful. When I was a girl we had one in a planter hanging from the ceiling of our porch and it always dropped its flowers on my father’s head as he read the paper.
🙂
Wow, what a busy scene around the bird feeder. I loved the robin and am always pleased to see a fuchsia close up.
Sometimes life just gets in the way; que sera and all that 🙂 I’m also storing the phrase “artistic impression” away for future use.
It’s useful.
Always lovely bird photographs in your blog Mr T. Such beautiful camera work with the flowers. I am surprised to see so much colour in your garden even though the weather will be cooling down. Mrs T should be congratulated for her gardening.
I try to congratulate her every day.
That robin was feeling very handsome and just waiting for you to take its picture.
A fine collection of bright colours in the garden.
I too will steal the phrase “artistic impression” for use with some of my photos, but I’m afraid it would be used far more on my blog than yours, since you rarely post a poor photo.
Now that is just plain wrong although it is very kind of you to say it. Putting ten to twenty pictures up every day must mean a good number of indifferent shots creep in.
That was awfully nice of the robin to wait around for you to take its portrait. Beautiful photos.
It is very nice when that sort of thing happens.
Very elegant nicotiana flower, I wonder how it smells. Seeing robins always puts me in a good mood.
The nicotiana has a very marked sweet smell which xomes out in the evening. There is nothing better than to go out on a warm day at dusk and find the garden full of the smell of nicotiana.
Sounds wonderful!