Back home in June

This is a continuation of my photos of the day from June. I am behind posting, but I'm proud to say that every day this year I've taking a photo, which is one of my Bucket List challenges.

On the Friday we came back from Scotland I took this lovely photo of one of the swallows that are nesting on our house.

On the Friday my Mum and Dad left to go on holiday to France, as I was looking after their house I took this photo of one of their cacti.

On the Saturday I couldn't resist taking this photo of my cat fast asleep on our bed.

This lovely clematis grows in between my montana clematis, every year it fights it's way past to flower in the sunshine.

On the Monday I was again at my Mum and Dad's when I saw this baby starling eating one of their fat balls. I didn't actually know what it was for a few days until my husband identified it.

The next day I left it late to take a photo, but then I saw this lovely sunset.

Finally this is another one of my dad's cacti. It's actually quite small, maybe 4 or  5 inches tall.

February Photos of the Day

My slideshow of all the photos of the day I took in February.

Scotland in June

During the second week of June my husband and I went on holiday to a caravan on the west coast of Scotland at Saltcoats. We stayed at the Park resorts caravan site as part of a deal through the Sun newspaper.

The holiday was from the Monday night until the Friday morning and we arrived just before 7. This picture of the sales caravans was taking just after 10pm when we left the site's club house

The next day we spent the morning relaxing, apart from a walk down to the sea. You have to cross a bridge which goes over the railway line to get to it, and this was the lovely view. Later in the day we went to the nice town of Kilmarnock, which we both enjoyed.

On the Wednesday we decided to visit Glasgow and the Kelvingrove museum. We never actually made it into Glasgow as we spent all our time looking at this great museum, and relaxing in the sunshine outside.

The Thursday was our final full day, and we spent it at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, another place we enjoyed. After the museum we enjoyed a tea and some cake in their cafe next to the river.

Early June photos

On the first of June I was lucky enough to see this lovely little Blue Tit in my garden.

The next day I went down to Hull to visit my Grandad. This is the Humber Bridge, when built it was the longest single span suspension bridge in the world, now it's 7th. I guess time doesn't just fly for us.

This is my lovely clematis flowering, it took some help from my friend's on Bubblews to work out what it is.

My next photo of the day was of my green strawberries, It's took nearly a month for them to start to go red.

On the Friday I went to Morpeth with my Dad. I managed to get this lovely photo of a little duck family.

On the Saturday I shot this just after I finished work at 10pm, nearly light enough to see. I guess there are some advantages of living in the north.

Finally on the Sunday I went down to the river Blyth with my husband to see how his mooring is progressing. Here he is using his fishing rod to measure the depth for his poles. It's very deep.

January's Photos

This is a slideshow of my photos of the day from January.

Last week in May

On the Sunday of the bank holiday weekend, me and my husband went down to South Shields. We had been going to go to a car show but changed our mind. We were lucky enough to see this dfds ferry coming into the river Tyne though.

On the Monday I was down along the coast with my husband when we noticed this small boat returning from fishing. How do I know he's returning? By the seagulls following him :)

On the Tuesday I was at a loss as what to take a photo of, and I decided to take one of the many dandelions in my garden. As weeds go they are quite pretty.

On the Wednesday I had a voucher for a local garden centre. It was a loyalty one and needed using up. I decided to buy this chilli plant with it.

On the Thursday my husband caught this lobster in one of his pots, as you can see he was over the moon.

On the Friday me and my dad decided to go to nearby Cambois, it was a mistake we got caught in the rain and got absolutely drenched. We did have an umbrella with us, but it was back in the car.

On the Saturday there was a boat regatta down on our local river. I wandered along to have a look, but took a picture of the birds on the river instead.

During the week we had noticed a lot of activity from swallows, and on the Sunday we realised they were building a nest under our porch.