Sheffield, with rhododendrons
May. 27th, 2006 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarienThe weather has been iffy, but not too bad. Yesterday we went into town, to see the new stainless-steel-ball fountains outside the Winter Gardens, and other things in the rather pleasant vicinity of the Town Hall, and then to the Botanical Gardens. The rhododendrons were in bloom all over, pink and purple and red and white. There were also golden azaleas, and pink-tinged magnolias, and a dove tree with huge dangling white bracts that we never remember noticing before, though it had obviously been around for a while. Also squirrels, and pigeons, and a flower on the banana tree in the glasshouses.
Today we went to Graves Park, where there were more rhododendrons, and an adorable Highland calf, and baby coots swimming to their mothers to be fed, and four little ducklings. The bluebells in the woods were a bit past their best and would have looked better with a bit of sunlight, but they were there, as were masses of starry white wild garlic, all under fresh green leaves.
I have, of course, taken many photographs. The calf was downright flirting with the camera, and a lamb with panda patches on its nose and eyes thrust its head right through the fence.
Today we went to Graves Park, where there were more rhododendrons, and an adorable Highland calf, and baby coots swimming to their mothers to be fed, and four little ducklings. The bluebells in the woods were a bit past their best and would have looked better with a bit of sunlight, but they were there, as were masses of starry white wild garlic, all under fresh green leaves.
I have, of course, taken many photographs. The calf was downright flirting with the camera, and a lamb with panda patches on its nose and eyes thrust its head right through the fence.
