Humid Morning

The weather so far this month has been disappointing. This morning we walked from Telegraph and it was very warm and Humid. The dogs are being bothered by the crab flys . We spent a lot of the walk taking flys off the dogs and when I got home I took another two off Missy and one from Raffles. I have tried all sorts of things to stop the flys from settling on the dogs but nothing seems to deter them. They are horrible things and I do not know what useful purpose they serve but we have to put up with them. I pity the poor ponies who have no escape from them.

The Bridge at telegraph 

Ashley Walk and Mottisfont Abbey.

This morning it was bright and sunny. We took the dogs to Ashley walk for a stroll.The stream has completely dried up in places, but the dogs did find some place to paddle but nowhere deep enough for Missy to swim.
After the dogs had their walk we decided to take a trip to Mottisfont Abbey Originally It was a priory founded in 1201 by William Briwere. After the dissolution of the monasteries during Henry VIII's reign the Priory was converted into a house, which was given to the National Trust in 1957 . The House has a room painted by Rex Whistler in 1939 Whistler was painting this room when the Second World War began AS Whistler was killed in Normandy in 1944 this is the last room he decorated.
Mottisfont is famous for its walled rose garden, however the roses are not at their best as yet.The peonies , foxgloves and aquilegis were very colourful however and we spent a pleasant hour admiring them. We may go back later in the month and have another look at the roses.

Missy wants to play ball 

The river bed is dry! 

Raffles finds some water 

and so does Missy 

mary and dogs 

John and Dogs 

some of the peonies, aquilegias,roses,alliums,at Mottisfont Abbey 

Summer came and went!

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, as was this morning. I had coffee with a friend on her patio and we had to move into the shade, but by mid afternoon it is very chilly and not the sort of weather for sitting in the garden.

When we walked the dogs yesterday we went to Slufters pond so they could swim and here are a serries of photos of Missy leaping into the water.

The Launch 

The jump 

Airborne 

Splashdown 

down 

Going under 

After the splash 

John Birthday and our 32nd Wedding Anniversary!

Tonight we are going out for a meal, but when I came back from walking the dogs I found a mouse had dropped by for lunch!

A mouse drops in for Lunch