All things bright and beautiful

Heavy rain this morning gave way to bright and breeziness. I did a quick walk down through Gortnaclasha to the strand, wild roses and honeysuckle in the hedgerow. I gave  a lift to two German hitchikers who were amazed at the weather - was it always like this, first the rains and then the suns? Yup. I saw a stoat run across the road and a swarm of bees in a tree. I talked to a recently shorn alpaca, alone in his field and quite frankly rather bored. The shearing was a bit brutal and I think he must have put up a fight for his knees were still luxuriantly covered.  I watched as eight walkers hobbled purposefully  across the strand (the pebbles are large) and took not one bit of notice of the landscape. I bet they missed all the watermint smelling gorgeous in the stream too.

Thank you for all the hearts for Chirp yesterday - I told him about it and he was only slightly impressed, far more interested in where the next mealworms were coming from (my pocket).