At mid-afternoon today the moon vied with the sun for
sky-space as we set out on a forest drive.
Along St. Leonard’s Road shaggy ponies in their winter coats availed themselves of fence-posts for scratching. While I focussed on them
Jackie photographed a cock pheasant that had crossed the road.
Anticipating a decent sunset we dropped down to Milford-on-Sea. The first three pictures in this gallery are mine; the last two by Jackie
who also photographed a couple on a bench;
The Needles and their lighthouse;
and, leaning on the car bonnet, a sitting duck.
Earlier in the day I had read more of ‘The Brontës’.
This evening we dined on succulent roast pork with crisp crackling; boiled new potatoes; crunchy carrots, firm Brussels sprouts, and tender red cabbage, with which I finished the Shiraz.