Early this morning a team from Wessex Internet began laying Full Fibre Broadband cable along Christchurch Road reaching past our house. The very friendly gentlemen were happy for me to photograph
their work.
This afternoon Jackie drove me to Sears Barbers for a haircut, after which we took a forest drive.
The skies above Holmsley Passage and Mill Lane were less moody than yesterday;
Mill Lane’s stream rippled its way under the road and reflected the lichen-covered trees above. Further along the rain had brightened the moss coating fallen branches.
By dusk the skies had adopted a more varied aspect.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s wholesome liver and bacon casserole; boiled new potatoes; crunchy carrots; firm parsnips and Brussels sprouts; and tender green beans, with which I finished the Malbec.
Will that cable improve your Internet service?
Beautiful landscapes. I think my favorite photo today is the moss-covered fallen branches, which looks like a creature to me.
Thank you very much, Merril. I don’t expect it to be any better than our alternative system.
You’re welcome, Derrick. I don’t remember you complaining about Internet speed or problems, but I thought since they were laying new cable perhaps that was the case.
Some years ago BT let us down badly saying we were getting fast fibre broadband for which they charged us, but they couldn’t do it, so we went onto a different system through Peacock Computers which has been successful.
I love the last photo, a very dramatic sky.
Thank you very much, Liz
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Beautiful photos, and I hope that you guys get the fibre broadband! That would be wonderful!!
Thank you very much, John
You’re welcome Derrick. 🤙🏻☺️
“Men At Work”, a great Aussie band from the 70’s & 80’s …
Thanks very much, Ivor
Your moss covered tree limbs look like huge green snakes. I hope you get to enjoy some of that broadband access if you don’t already have it. One of the dimmer former members of Congress who happened to be our representative, finally realized during COVID that Broadband access was not a luxury when several of his voters had to drive miles to park in a closed library parking lot so they could access the library’s internet to do their remote school work.
Thank you very much, Pat
The moss really likes those falling branches and make the place come alive in a dark forest kind of way. The sky at dusk is like a bedtime story setting.
Thank you very much, JoAnna
We didn’t get to see your haircut. 😉 The 2nd last photo gives a mysterious eerie look to the lichen-covered trees.
Thank you very much, Chrissy. I expect you will see it before too long 🙂
What wonderful hard-working smiling gentlemen! 🙂
Beautiful photos of nature…especially love the branches wearing their mossy coats and those dramatic emotional clouds! 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️
Thank you so much, Carolyn XX
Interesting pictures of men at work – so very different from the way the job would be done here 🙂
Thank you very much, Anne
No hunger pangs in your house then! Sounded very wholesome. . .x
Thank you very much, Joy
Good to see sunlight.
Thank you very much, Rupali
That final photo is moody magnificence
Thank you very much, Sheree
I love the image of the fallen branches, they remind me of tangled roots.
Thank you very much, Sue
Yes I thought so too!!
Wow! That last photo is stunning!
Thank you very much, Eugi
You’re welcome, Derrick.
May I use that last photo as inspiration for a painting Derrick?
Please do, Kim. I am honoured. Thanks very much
So fun to see these advancements that we all take for granted in process. I always thought broadband was done through the air. So much for my technological knowledge.
Thanks very much, Judy
The stormlight in those forest drive photos is hauntingly beautiful, Derrick and Jackie.
Thank you very much from us both, Lavinia
The lichen-covered trees and the dusk skies are fabulous.
Thank you very much, Dolly
My pleasure, Derrick.
Hard at work! Beautiful photos!
Thank you very much, Riba