Unfortunately, for us who have enjoyed it so (or maybe that should be 'we' who have.....), the series has come to an end. At least, until the Autumn when it starts again.
Tonight's episode was about deserts and very, very interesting with incredible photo-coverage and David Attenborough's excellent narration.
So much that we didn't know about deserts. Flash floods from rain falling 100 miles away; snow that evaporates but doesn't melt; last rain 50 years ago in Arizona etc., etc., and amazingly - all that wild life and plants. I must, as usual, rush to attribute this picture of 'Elephants in the Gobi' to Paul Breham. I love the strong diagonal, and the 5 elephants. 4 or 6 would not have looked right, and that super gradation between foreground, middle distance and the tempting stuff in the distance.
Just one point that I forgot to mention yesterday about looking at a Steam Engine book with Miles. Not being a train-buff I have never understood about wheel arrangments. I had heard of 2-6-4s and similar things. Anyway, Miles (4yrs) explained it all to me and found pictures to show me the difference between an 0-4-2 and a 4-6-4 and so on. I am in his debt!
Had a cheery email from John. He and Yvonne have gone to France for a few days, presumably in that lovely Merc they have just acquired. He told me his mobile would be on throughout, should we need him - which was considerate. Debra rang in the evening and Tracy in the morning.
The day was changeable - everything, including hailstones one minute and sun the next. We actually had a wasp on the kitchen window. Inside, that is, but still strange. The garden birds have amused, as usual and just a word about chaffinches. They don't seem to be able to cope with any of the feeders and just hang around on the ground underneath waiting for crumbs of food dislodged by their more forceful cousins. Chaffinches are such 'smartly turned out' birds. Real 'blazer and flannels' stuff. I always think a suitable name for a male Chaffinch would be Gerald. They look like Geralds. I ought to mention the Great Tits, but I hesitate to, because one young male member of the family always makes ribald comments. Anyway, they are very forceful and shoulder all their rivals out of the way. I'll stop there. I don't want this to turn into an unofficial 'NatureWatch'.
It was our wedding-anniversary today and we exchanged cards but (as previously decided) not gifts. We had nice family cards and a very-well-written one from Hannah. We shall be seeing them tomorrow anyway at Millicent's first birthday. We had also decided not to go out for a meal but instead enjoyed a lovely one at home which we had jointly prepared. Yvonne managed an hour in the garden, during a dry spell; which was quite long enough in view of her back.
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