Wednesday 18th September

We stopped by the local Nature Reserve for a coffee this afternoon. And also to check out the path leading from the car part to the visitor centre to make sure it is suitable for my aged father to rollate his way along.

The sun has been so welcome these past few days. I've been calling it a 'September Summer', and it certainly makes up for the sad apology for Summer in the past couple of months.

The flowers and seed heads are simply beautiful around the cafe area. The photographs will be blurred, I'm sure, for the wind had really strengthened through the afternoon. 

I was wondering if the water lily flowers follow the sun through the day, like sunflowers. There were several beautiful water lilies in this little pond.

These seed heads are like smaller versions of my cardoons

Tall yellow mullein flowers

Seeing the sedum flowering always used to make feel a little sad as it meant that the Summer term was nearly over and the Autumn term would be starting all too soon

Now I am free from the restrictions of school terms! 1