Blogtober - Day Twenty Eight

It's been a slow meandering day today after yesterday's little outing.  It was pouring with rain first thing and we were keeping our fingers crossed that it was going to clear later - it did.  I had to stay in for a prescription delivery so washed some towels which dried nicely outside this afternoon.  Paul completed some hedge trimming.  We still need to collect leaves for compost and this may get done over the weekend when I hope it will be less windy.

I've filled three bags with clothes, bags and shoes I no longer use or wear ready to take to a charity shop.  Little goals reached in a day go a long way to feeling that things have been achieved.  I'm tired now and not very inspired to write much more.

I've been looking through photos seeking inspiration and found one or two. Below is a seasonal photo taken a few years ago at Ford Green Hall.

I'm hoping we can visit again soon as it seems ages since our last visit.

 

This is the last photo I took of the hall.  I think the roof has been replaced over the last couple of years.

The Green Man was there too.

 

I'll be back tomorrow.

Blogtober - Day Twelve

The sun has shone for a couple of days but we've had rain again today.  It's been a stay at home day today.  Small jobs have been done.  I tackled sorting out and tidying a kitchen drawer and cleared up the ironing.  Paul is now making bread, whilst I'm wondering what on earth to write about today.  Thank you all for reading and commenting over the last few days I've really enjoyed your comments and responding to them.

If in doubt turn to the garden where there is still some colour to be seen.  The yellow roses are always the first of the rose bushes to flower and always the last too.  The Echinacia flowers have all turned brown now but the Verbena Bonariensis are still flowering although flopping all over rather than standing upright and getting tangled up in other plants.  This makes them hard to photograph. Some of the Hardy Geraniums have started to flower again and the Japanese Anemones are still in flower.

I found a rather strange plant in the garden.  It has self seeded.  Neither of us have any idea what it could be.  I've put a couple of photos below in the hopes someone will recognise it.

 It's probably just me but for some reason I don't quite like the look of it

Do we need to remove it? Or is it completely harmless?  It's probably something I should recognise but at the moment I don't.  I'll keep looking and if I find out I'll update here.

 

Update:- We will have to search further to find out what the plant is as it doesn't look quite like anything we've found so far sometimes the leaves aren't right although the flower looks the same and vice versa.  The quest continues.