Starry nights and sunny mornings.

We choose not to close the blind on the huge velux window in the bedroom here as it gives us a great view of the stars at night.
The warmer nights mean that we can leave our little window open (thanks to a new screen no nasties can come in!!). The sound of the frogs croaking and the stars twinkling is a fabulous way to drift off to sleep.

As day breaks, the light from the window bathes the bedroom in watery sunshine, the birdsong replaces the croaking frogs and so begins another day................our day starts early usually around 6.30am but, yesterday I was up earlier than usual, the sun newly risen provided great light for some early morning shots of the gardens and surrounding views. A fine, low-lying mist obscured the forest first thing but soon lifted as the sun became stronger, a heavy dew covered the lawns and glistened in the early morning sunshine. Wandering around in my PJs, camera in hand, joined by "our little helpers" (the two dogs and the cat!), I felt privileged to share in the delights of "La Dame Nature" at the start of a brand new day.............