T Stands for..... Tatton Park

Hi everyone, it's been another week of lockdown and frustration at seeing news of public demonstrations and big parties taking place in our area. 

Have these people not realised that most of us are trying to get things back to something like normal while they are behaving as though every thing is normal. Their behaviour is likely to make us continue with more restrictions once the lockdown is over at the beginning of December. 

My friend's Mother went into a care home in April and she hasn't been able to visit her yet! At least there is hope on the horizon for her now with a testing system being put into place.

Sorry, rant over and something a little more positive. I made a journal page for Wendy's 'Birds' theme at Art Journal Journey

I have used some stamps by Wensdi at Art Inspirations(I am being tempted to buy some more)

The background had some mop up from Aall and Create stencils and some inky hearts by Dina Wakley.

In case you can't read the quote it says 'The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams' a quote from Oprah Winfrey.

Last Thursday we went for a safe walk at Tatton Park. We avoided the Gardens, just as well, there were big queues when we walked past the entrance at the end of our walk.

Although we did see some folk on our walk the paths were wide enough and even then everyone seemed to fall into single file quite naturally. I wish some of the walkers we used to see by the river had done the same as I miss walking there.

We decided to walk towards the Old Mediaeval Hall

I think the tree on he left deserves it's own picture, there's a while mass of twigs in the middle.

There are deer in the distance....

...fortunately hubby's camera lens picked them up perfectly!

A flock of birds were flying around, I thought they might be crows but they weren't making any noises to help identify them.

Hubby caught them going down into the long grass, still no idea what they were!

We reached this large pond - hubby remembered taking school groups there for pond dipping but says there never used to be a fence

I took this through a hole in the wire fence

Wasn't sure how this would turn out but I'm quite pleased with it.

We walked back along the same path

After a quick look at the wood...

...it was time for coffee and my cue to join Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T Stands For Tuesday and something drink related.

I caught hubby opening the little packet of biscuits we took to have with our flask coffee.

He turned the tables on me as I don't drink my coffee very hot as he got out to take more tree shots

On the way out of the park I asked hubby to stop so that I could take this shot of a very strange  looking cloud!

We don't have any plans to go out this week, although I will probably have to brave the Post Office with my Crafty Individuals samples .

The stamps are so lovely. I have all sorts of plans that I won't have time for before they need to go but They are the kind of stamps that will be used regularly.

Thanks for looking, Chris