Trees

Another day spent sanding (W) and varnishing (me) the bottom shed - we now have the first coat on the last 2 sides.  Hopefully the weather will keep fine and we can finish it tomorrow.

The trees around us have a good harvest of fruits/nuts.  Here we have an elder (actually growing in the field next door, but hanging over the fence) with a good crop of elderberries on which the pigeons are feasting.  Behind that, a hawthorn with the best crop of berries I've ever seen.  And at the back, our oak.  It doesn't come out very well in the photo, but the oak is absolutely laden with acorns.  We've had to trim some of the lower branches, which were hanging down so low we kept walking into them.