Llanfyllin's Boardwalk

We walked down to the River Cain Access Scheme (see the red 'you are here' arrow below) in our town, which was quite lovely.

There is a short boardwalk through restored wetlands, part of the new sustainable drainage system. 

We disturbed a heron despite trying hard not to - can you see it?

  

Salmon, trout and otters make the River Cain their home and breeding ground

We looked back and could see our house 'below the hill' (=Isfryn), above the town.

Titbits/Tidbits

Encountering this ominous-sounding road sign on the already narrow roads is rather disconcerting

Our field guide/nature study collection has begun

Unfortunately the lake level at our home (still on the market) in the U.S. rose and floated our dock panels off the frame. Fortunately, 2 sets of our friends, one of whom bravely got IN the cold water, were able to help, and rescued most panels. The arrangement of interlocking dock panels is a bit of a puzzle (Of course! Why wouldn't it be?), so our experienced neighbours were able to solve it and piece it back together. Now, the case file for the missing panel remains open ... Thank you Dina, Mark, Dan and Marcy.

Photo: D Benson

Our container has set sail - good news indeed. 

Chores or Pleasure?

I've been enjoying my garden immensely, and have focused on it intently, while Dale attends to the nitty gritty of fixing toilet flushing mechanisms, and figuring out what's tripping the electrical circuit occasionally. 

Dale took advantage of the very convenient worker's scaffolding over the weekend to mount our Starlink antenna on the roof.

Photo: D. Schultz

 Oh well! I also clean toilets and wash underwear sometimes, so it's not all leisure activities! And I'm picking up all sorts of things left in the yard that I regard as litter. I really am having a hard time understanding someone curating such a beautiful showy garden, and yet leaving remnants of their gardening chores lying around. I've found styrofoam, plant pots, chipped tiles, and plastic bags for topsoil left behind among the plantings. Who does that? 

Benjamin's Buttons and Clematis are putting on quite a show. 

Our new dishwasher has now been installed, which I really appreciate, though I fear I don't have enough dishes to run it before needing the next lot of clean kitchenware. It's so quiet, and doesn't chip dishes like I might in my Corian-like sink when I wash by hand. Thank goodness J & M shared some of their spare cutlery and mugs with us when they visited, so we can feed and offer drinks to more than 2 people at a time now! Guests are very welcome :-)

As far as weather goes, though it seems as if 'rain' happens every day, it's often just a few drops, or a sprinkle now and again, or on and off rain and sun. It's not always a depressingly grey deluge, thank goodness. 

A rainbow appeared after this moody cloud shuffled down the valley - quite dramatic light plays going on!

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