Lazy Easter long weekend and all

[byslantedlight]

So much for going excavating this weekend - I couldn't make contact in the end, and then by Friday I had what felt like a niggly cold (desperately hoping it wasn't that tooth being infected or anything horrid like that), and then Friday was upon me and I'd not made plans... so I'm at home being lazy/trying to get the Dairy more livable. It still feels more like a place I'm keeping my stuff for a while than home (whereas my lovely Annexe did feel like my home, I guess cos I chose it), but I keep hoping that'll change if I can sort it out better and start concentrating on other things!

Anyway, I found myself taking some things that couldn't be made to fit here to the local Emmaus, and heading back to Ikea to find stuff that did (which felt so wrong...) and in between I stopped at this Country Park, and had a little wander with my camera.

I walked down beside Glebe Lake... ...passing others on the path... *g*

It all felt very Easter, and very spring, although this church on the hill felt somewhat sinister, somehow! There's spring blossom on the trees around...

And when I got home and opened the wild garlic I'd had from Riverford this week (to make pesto - yum, I don't know why I ever buy the stuff when homemade is so much nicer!) I found garlic flowers, which I'd just been complaining I hardly ever see! So delicate and pretty... oh, and such amazing pesto... *vbg*

The family's away, and so I took an evening wander around, and down the long field at the bottom of their garden. The evening Dairy looked quite cosy with its lights on.

The field, on the other hand, felt somewhat less comforting - there were odd movements and rustlings and crackings of undergrowth from this corner by the trees, which is where the remains of the medieval church and its graveyard are buried... Luckily a neighbour had also told me that there were badger sets there, so I had a reason not to let myself be too spooked! (I wish I could see the badgers though - maybe I should invest in night goggles!) I love the green and purple glow in the sky in the second pic - things were even spookier than I realised! Okay, it's an artefact of me being lazy and using "autocorrect" to take out some of the shadow in the pic, but still... *vbg*

Even though my Dairy is still rather chaotic, it was nice to come inside... *g*I guess there are times when it feels like home after all... *g*

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Lovely pics. And yes, strange noises being badgers does make sense, but on the other hand ...

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

I think your dairy looks very nice and cozy from the outside, and the inside, too, once the chaos subsides a bit! *g*
It always looks the messiest when trying to get everything set up.
Reminds me of all the moving Bodie and Doyle do in many stories! Doyle getting stuck reading the books while unpacking ect.

And do I remember correctly that you weren't all that sure about your annexe at the beginning, too, or was that just the price?

And oh, ghosts i the neighborhood!!! ;)
I could the imagination firing up, when walking alone in semi-darkness!
Badgers sound like a much better option!

And now we are taking the MG for a little afternoon spin, to have coffee and cake somewhere nice.
Weather is not the nicest, but we'll see if we can fit in a walk.

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

It looks as if you had a wonderful lazy afternoon. And I'm sure that it were badgers out there and no ghosts. And who says your Dairy had to be tidy to be a home?

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous photos! But I do hope you're not coming down with anything ::crosses all digits::
The interior of your dairy lair (dairy den?) is looking rather cosy, in fact - hope it goes on getting cosier :-)

[helenlovesdogs.livejournal.com]

Beautiful photos. You can take a walk in the evening out there and remember why you wanted to move somewhere peaceful. Hopefully it will continue to feel more and more like home.

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Your new home does seem to be coming along, though of course it's going to take time. I love the idea of walking down passed the garden, but I think I'd do it a bit earlier in the day! But if badgers are the worst you have to contend with, I suppose it's okay to take an evening stroll. *g*

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

Passing a swan on the path! It's sounds like the start of a fairytale. :-)

The tree in blossom is beautiful against the blue of the sky. Currently it's chucking down with rain here, so you're certainly seeing the better of the weather.

I also love your photo of the rings in the grass. All very mystical and definitely in keeping with the fairy tale theme.

Your dairy looks very homely - both inside and out. *g*