Recently

Recently I've been walking.........

by the River Derwent at Cromford between Masson Mill and Arkwright's Mill.....

and along the Cromford Canal as far as the Leawood Pumping Station.

 

Enjoying.....

The last of the Dahlias in the garden.

Reading........

about Rain whilst it has been raining non stop for the last couple of days.  It's a lovely read, not one hundred pages long but full of wonderful prose and information. 

Four walks across four seasons, three in places I know or have visited. All in the rain.

Spotting signs of Autumn.........

In the trees

Loads of Sweet Chestnuts on the trees

but most small and unformed 

and falling to the ground

leaves on the path, blowing in the breeze.

Lords and Ladies plus lots of different fungi.

We had a quick walk around the lake this morning starting out in sunshine and blue skies. We watched the Martins swooping over the lake catching the last of the flying insects.  Halfway round it started to rain, heavy infrequent drops which soon turned to a short, sharp shower as we left the gardens.  As we drove home we spotted a rainbow so delicate it disappeared no more than five seconds after we had spotted it.