Steady, light, rain seeped from slate skies throughout the day.
This morning Jackie worked in the greenhouse while I ironed, read, and photographed raindrops on
our unidentified peach rose,
wallflower Sugar Rush Purple,
and a tiny primula.
This afternoon Jackie drove us to Keyhaven.
You may be forgiven for thinking that this is a picture of yachts moored in the harbour. In fact it is a photograph of Hurst Castle in the mist beyond them.
Here are a few more boats and buoys;
a silhouetted walker rounding the sea wall;
and some mizzled (it’s a Cornish word, WP) landscapes.
Saltgrass Lane is normally closed when flooded. Today ducks swam on the waterlogged flats;
a murky gull flew overhead;
another hazy walker could be glimpsed on the spit; and other waterfowl extended their search onto the shallow spate.
Intrepid turnstones contemplated shifting these boundary boulders,
and investigated the possibility of lifting the saturated tarmac.
A solitary swan swam along the cambered verge,
occasionally pausing to slake its thirst.
Note the double yellow lines indicating that parking in this road is forbidden at all times. Swans have diplomatic immunity.
This evening we dined on smoked haddock fillets; cod fishcakes in parsley sauce; piquant cauliflower cheese; Dauphinoise potatoes and a splash of colour from orange carrots and green runner beans. Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I drank Breede River Valley Pinotage 2017.
Beautiful!
Thank you very much, Chrissy
I save my comments for the best. 😉
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I always enjoy your photos but those rain soaked flowers, particularly the rose, are delightful.
Thank you very much, Sheree
I liked the illegally parked swans. We had that same sort of grey day here.
Thanks very much, Tootlepedal
Something that beautiful should have diplomatic immunity. ? I can’t imagine seeing a swan in the wild. Great photos!
Thank you very much, Jill
Raindrops on roses… one of my favorite things 🙂 Also love the foggy snaps! 🙂
Thanks very much, M.B. https://youtu.be/0IagRZBvLtw
So many beautiful photos. The raindrops on the flowers, those misty/mizzled scenes, and the birds. I particularly like the ducks on the flooded flats.
“Swans have diplomatic immunity.” 🙂
Thanks very much, Merril. I expect you know about Anne Sacoolas/Harry Dunn.
I had to look them up, but now I get your reference.
Thanks for doing so
One Australia’s greatest singer/songwriters…. enjoy Derrick
https://youtu.be/iJZhpg4ZG8o
Thanks very much for this apt response, Ivor.
A truly mizzled day – well captured!
Thank you very much, Pauline
Is the road flooded to the extent that swans could actually swim there?
Raindrops on the peach rose – my favorite thing, as always.
Thank you very much, Dolly https://youtu.be/33o32C0ogVM
That road is sometimes so flooded as to put up barriers to traffic, so I imagine it is possible for them to swim there. On this day it was just possible in the gutter section – more floating than swimming.
I thank you for “one of my favorite things,” the inimitable Julie Andrews singing. I do agree with her list, mostly, and refer to it perhaps more often than necessary.
I particularly like the gray simplicity of the first misty photo. I also like the lone gull on the wing.
Thank you very much, Liz. I was so tempted to lighten the gull – I’m pleased I resisted.
Yes, it’s perfect the way it is.
I like the look of those turnstones. They look both dapper and tweedy at the same time.
What a good description, Lisa. Thanks. very much.
I laughed aloud at ‘mizzle.’ That was part of the fun we always had with the phrase ‘drizzle and mist,’ transforming it into ‘mizzle and drist.’ The peach rose is beautiful. My mother favored peach, yellow, or peach-and-yellow roses, and I never see one without thinking of her.
Thank you very much, Linda. Our son Mat is married to Tess. When Becky’s daughter was young she called them “Tat and Mess”.
You can surely make me laugh in delight. Well said and captured. I love the several boats, the foggy veil, the birds lovely and unfazed. So good to see a blossom or two.
Thank you very much, Cynthia. 🙂
Some very wet weather there, and beautiful photos in spite of it! The swan swimming over the road by the yellow lines speaks for the day. “Mizzled” is great word. 🙂
Thank you very much, Lavinia. 🙂
Mizzled days add variety to life, like swans. You sure have a talent for capturing beauty with your camera.
Much appreciated, JoAnna. Thank you.
It has been a delight to swan about in your mizzled part of the world – such a change from our hot, bright, relentless blue skies and dry grass. I particularly enjoy the photograph of the swan you selected for your header.
Thank you very much, Anne. My favourite, too
The misty harbour does it for me, I could almost hear the distant foghorns.
The raindrops on flowers, especially roses, are so lovely! Love all the birds, but the swans are so regal they just make me all excited! 🙂
I think your all of your mizzled photos are wonderful, for shizzle! (“for sure”! 😀 ) They have made the misty drizzly day bealightful! (beautiful + delightful! 😀 )
HUGS!!! 🙂
Thank you very much, Carolyn XX
You’re welcome, Derrick!
That flower photographs are stunning! And I love the life around the harbor ? that swan is so beautiful!
Thank you very much, Ribana
Those lovely flowers deserve better weather than you are getting. The silhouetted walker is not anybody I’d care to meet. He looks like Magwitch on steroids. And finally, I do hope that the castle turns up eventually!
🙂 Thanks very much, John. Magwitch I like.
I love raindrops on flowers. The name Keyhaven brought to mind Lord of the Rings 🙂 Beautiful photos Derrick. The cheese and cauliflower and potatoes sound delicious. I read about Swiss Rosti in another blog. I want to try it. There is always something to learn.
Thank you very much, Lakshmi
Yes, when the roads are flooded, all bets are off. Beautiful birds!
Thanks very much, Laurie
That looks a grand place for the coastal wading birds. Lovely to see the turnstones. I hope the swan saw off any lurking traffic wardens?
🙂 Thanks very much, Peggy
Aswan dam perhaps?
Nice. 🙂 Thanks very much, Lindsey.