The day before full moon
This past week has been catch-up time with friends and a visit to the cinema to see The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. The film kept to the book, which I read some time ago. I often don’t go and see a film if I’ve read the book first, and vice versa, because I’m often disappointed. This time I wasn’t. The film was sad, heartbreaking, but also had touches of humour as Harold Fry, having heard that an ex-colleague of his is dying in a hospice, sets out to the postbox to send her a letter, only to keep walking. He walks from Devon to Berwick-on-Tweed on the borders with Scotland. It really is a beautiful film.
This weekend gone has also been the coronation of King Charles III. Some roads here have had street parties, and while the day of the coronation itself was rainy, last night it was warm and dry for the concert at Windsor.
Bunting in some streets to celebrate the Kings Coronation
The flowers are mainly taken in the park where I jog. Everything is looking spring-like and lush.
I hope my jogging isn’t as slow as this chappie!
We have had to dog-proof the veg patch as Rue freely runs through here and will chew plants. Even so, he’s tried to get underneath the chicken wire. I’ve planted courgettes and aubergines to start with, making a circle of barcarbonate of soda around them to try and keep off the slugs and snails. I’ve just been outside to check them and they are doing fine.
Gardening is something I took to during Covid lockdowns and have kept to it since. I’ve been busily repotting my plants and have tomatoes, basil, borage, peas and sprouts. Some seeds haven’t taken and I’m on the second go.
Aubergines and courgettes
The above photo is of the lime tree which the council put in outside out house, to replace the old one as it was hollow and dangerous. Good to see the leaves looking so well.
Beverley Park shortly after 6am this morning
In the thick of it – Beverley Park
The photo of the moon was taken from my front garden with my bridge camera and hand held (no tripod, but I did lean on a post).
My London+ 