Posts that Didn't Happen 2: You Looking At Us?

Brood 2 as at 27 July - ready to fly . . . and they did, off camera, in private, the very next day.

Posts that Didn't Happen 1: July by the Lake

Time to play catch-up with some posts that didn't quite make it.

Had a few days away in July in the Lakes, meeting up with old friends, and buying lots of walking kit. Even managed a couple of walks - including the circuit round Derwentwater - although maybe it was a bit hot that day for some people:

Before and After

Tomatoes and Tomato Sauce

June / July Weather Summary

Not been the best of bloggers recently, including a lack of weather updates.

Herewith therefore the weather for June and July - only no weather station data because it doesn't seem to have recorded anything other than the first 4 days of June (having rediscovered the lost data for the end of May as well - couldn't be bothered to reblog that though!). Maybe the data for the rest of June, July and August will reappear in due course . . . I can but hope!

JUNE (pretty good on the whole):

JULY (not quite so good, and missing a few days when we were out of town . . .) :

Elephant Tomato and the Lone Blueberry

One of our first tomatoes - in our fine tradition of deformed produce. We've had a few more tomatoes since, all much more normal looking.

The Lone Blueberry is an even more tragic tale . . . We had (at one point) lots of lovely ripening blueberries - then, one day, they were gone, except for the Lone Blueberry sitting on a strawberry leaf. No idea what got them, as far as we can see the fruit cage is intact - our only thought is that some clever bird / squirrel squeezed itself under the flap of netting at the top, ate the lot, and squeezed its way back out again.

Ah well, you live and learn . . . next year we tie down all the netting round the top and keep our fingers crossed!