ABC Wednesday and B is for .....

ABC Wednesday and B is for Bus - last weekend - can you feel the pulseBeat from these old buses - taking guests to a wedding reception cruising through the streets of Acton Burnell a tiny village in Mid Shropshire

Speeding away past the village post office - closed today of course

I thought you may like this little ditty from a very old Shropshire book passed down in our family. 'A nut and a kernel Say the Bells of Acton Burnell'

We waited a while for the buses to appear and were able to take a few pics of the bees having a Buzzing time in the village gardens. Butterflies ? no - unfortunately they are struggling for survival due to the shocking wet summer - see link Although good news I saw a Woodland White and a LBN ( little brown number) terminology taken from the birding fraternity (it flew over the hedge before I could identify it !! Beautifuk sunny day in Shropshire today - I am off the check my Buddlea bush for bees and butterflies - linking this week to ABC Wednesday - Our World Tuesday - and Nature Notes -lovely to have your company today - Jane

ACC Wednesday and A is for ...

Abc Wednesday and A is for Awesome and Amazing - not my words - but the words of our local vicar - one night this week - and I thought I would like to share this experience with you. A member of my family is being confirmed this week and I am his sponsor and went along with him to a class for support - he has dyslexia and has a fear of filling out forms - so I am his pen and ink so to speak. Our vicar was talking about his own experiences and how he was called to the church. He just simply said that he was doing community work at the time and the minister was unable to take the service he was reading a passage from St Matthew Chapter 28 - about spreading the word - as he read the words it was not his voice that he heard but another strange voice in his head - and so he simply said -'So here I am' A is for Attingham we walk there regularly - Attingham is National Trust and a peopls place - the walks are all planned out for all levels of ability - we usually take the mile walk - my shots are taken from this walk - a variation walk can be taken through the woods and that is what is what we sometimes do.

Blue waits patiently for that woman with the lense!!

Can you see the swan in the reeds - the river was really fast flowing today

Blue leads the way - everything is so green this year comparing to last years parched ground and trees

This thistle head was the breakfast table for a host of black beetles

I thought this tree and fungi looked quite elegant

One of my favourite pathways

And my final A is for Allotment - the pride and joy of OH - the Apples are doing well

This Artichoke plant is in its second year and is destined for a floral decoration

These plants certainly grow huge - but I love them they are far to pretty to eat!! Linking up with ABC Wednesday - Nature Notes and Our World Tuesday - Thanks for your company

ABC Wednesday and Z is for ...

Hello - ABC Wednesday and Z is for Zombie - and this has been me this past week or so !! I think I have an addiction - not drug addiction - alcohol addiction (well only a little bit) chocolate addiction - compulsive shopping addiction - ( I do like a good sale )- but I think I have blogger addiction- which has been newly discovered this week when my PC went belly up- well actually the internet went down. Numerous calls frantically to my provider - only to receive confirmation that a fault maybe on the line- and that numerous tests would be carried out - results !! Zilch - must be a connection on our side ! - unplug this and that - all requests thoroughly carried out- to no avail - next stage I was told was to call out an engineer £50 call out fee I declined and took my pc off to our man that can at the local shop to be checked out - and it was given the thumbs up. So home again heart in mouth - plugged everything in - nothing! - another call to the provider - oh yes a fault had now been found on the line and it would be rectified within 72 hours - well guess the rest - anyway here we are back on line complete with a new router. So to celebrate this occasion I am posting a few fav pics of the week and linking to ABC Wednesday - Our World Tuesday and Nature Notes

Whittington Castle - a brilliant setting for a plant fair - a jolly affair - an annual event where plants and seeds could be bought - the weather was sunny - pretty good for waterlogged Shropshire

I just could not resist those plants and I was well pleased with my purchases which included a white lupin and a ladybird Poppy and several packets of poppy seeds

We walked round the castle afterwards - enjoyed a cup of coffee and watched the swans swimming on the moat

The mallard was loudly marshalling her ducklings - who were intent on escaping from her clutches

The coot family - with their adolescent family

I have been trying for weeks to get a shot of these two bullfinches on the feeder together - and now I have missed to get their tails - perhaps next time aren't they beautiful!