On a bright and sunny morning Jackie drove me to Giles’s Fox Hat home, where I delivered the Chesterton material he had lent me. She returned home and came back later to pick me up from the village of Milford on Sea. I had reached there by walking down Sharvills Road, up New Valley Drive and down Barnes Lane. The left knee managed the job quite well, but the calf bleated a bit. Giles had not been at home, but I wandered round his garden that had featured in Milford Open Gardens last June. Here is one of his stunning stained glass creations:
and a shot of maples and poppies enlivening his front plot.
Milford’s shoppers were enjoying the sunshine.
I sat on a bench on the green watching them all go by as I awaited my transport. In the process I engaged in conversation with others on the benches, including a gentleman reading The Independent. When I explained my previous link with the newspaper he said he didn’t solve crosswords, but his wife did. Maybe she had grappled with Mordred. 
He was happy to be photographed,
but thought it far more appropriate to return the favour.
Back in our garden
shade-loving thalictrum is now blooming,
as are white sweet Williams.
Yesterday, I wrongly identified the geranium that was attracting bees as a palmatum. This is the correct one.
This afternoon I cut the grass and Jackie continued creative planting.
Our evening meal was collected by Jackie from Hordle Chinese Takeaway. It was as plentiful and as delicately or spicily flavoured as usual. My lady drank Hoegaarden and her Knight drank Via di Cavallo chianti 2014.
It’s good to hear you did so well with the walk – all the bits must be mending nicely! Enjoyed your closing sentence greatly!
Thank you Pauline
Good that the knee allows you to get Independent. A bleating calf can be a bit of a cow.
You never let me down Bruce.
Enjoyed the link to Mordred. I have always been an avid crossworder, though my friend who spends a couple of months in London every year assures me I would be thrown off my game by the British cryptic style. Probably so, since the New York Times Sunday Puzzle was my game. I don’t do crosswords as often as I used to, time being filled with other wordy things.
I’ve only a couple of times tried the New York Times puzzle and couldn’t do it. I used to set some of mine in a London pub, so was regarded as the man to go to if you were stuck for an answer. I got my comeuppance with the NYT. 🙂
what a lovely day you had and with many beautiful pictures to prove it!
Thank you Elle
lovely Sweet Williams. You have reminded me my parents grew lovely Sweet Williams very long ago.
Goodness, I knew you were crafty, but to be one of those people who comes up with puzzles! Wowsers. I went to the link to your friend’s garden open house and greatly enjoyed the signs. It reminded me of a long ago post I did on signs at our library garden, https://arlingwords.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/central-library-garden-the-signs-tell-a-story/
Glad you’re feeling good and the knee is behaving. Calves are temperamental, I think, so yours will probably be fine tomorrow.
Thank you Lisa. I enjoyed the library link. The calf will take a while, and I will have to keep it on a longish tether, because I did actually pull it a week or so back. But that is ok – at least I know how to manage it.
Oh, I didn’t know that! Yeesh. Not just being temperamental, then, it was shouting that it wasn’t ready yet. Ouch. Hope it feels better soon!
🙂 I do tend towards understatement. Thank you
You look good in photos; you should hand over the camera more often 🙂
Many thanks Mary. My profile picture was taken the last time it happened.
The flower photographs are lovely Derrick
Thank you Mary
Your garden is a true Eden! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Ines
Lovely picture of you reading the paper–now I can “see” who you are. Nice meander.
Thank you Cynthia