Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.
It’s turned warm again hasn’t it, which is not what our gardens or countryside needed. Thankfully though while it’s warm it’s not the record breaking temperatures we saw last month. I hope you’re coping with the heat, traditionally as it’s the summer school holidays it should be raining shouldn’t it?! As I’m writing this next door’s cat is making his way slowly through our garden looking for shade and a vantage point - he’s finally settled on the earth under the fatsia, close to his bolt hole back through the fence to home. He uses our garden as his own, and mostly tolerates our presence in our own garden, but isn’t the most sociable cat so if we get too close, he’s off. Though increasingly in this weather if we can reassure him as we walk past - keeping a suitable distance of course - he’ll tolerate that, and has even deigned to lap from the occasional saucer of water that’s offered - I feel honoured!
Last week we had a couple of days away, and you can read more in the post I’ve linked up this week. But let me tell you about this week’s photo - yes, it’s a proud peacock perched on the wooden gates of where we were staying. We were staying in an annexe in the host’s garden, and it’s clear that the peacock came by to survey the newcomers and let us know he was there - the noise!!
We’d heard him that morning, but never having seen a peacock like this before were none the wiser. I called to MOH and we both stood in our doorway marvelling at the creature - truly magnificent (and knew it) but also aware that keeping our distance was the way to go. The dog, and the house owners took no special notice of him as he waddled through the yard, so from that we took it not to be an unusual event.
For us Londoners it was quite the sight to behold.
