To the Island

Monday morning chores for me, while TM applied himself to a little bit of writing that is promised for the end of the week. I'm doing the minimum of housework and catching up with emails and phone calls - I even wrote an actual letter on paper and posted it!  A bit of drawer and cupboard tidying got done too. It feels like the calm before the Easter storm of family visits.

The weather in the afternoon looked unsettled - we abandoned our planned route and headed into the woods at Harestanes where there is a bit of shelter from the wind and rain. We were delighted to see that since we were last there, the pond has been cleared. For years it has been so clogged that they had to put up signs warning people not to walk on it ( the lifebelt on a post was a bit of a clue that there was water nearby.) 

I didn't know that there was an island. The mallards have already moved in.

And the rain never came to much.