Counting my Blessings

Hello Lovelies,

 thank you all so much for the wonderful comments on my last post. I know mum will be touched and cheered by them when she finally gets home.  I'm keeping positive and believing that the excellent care she is getting and her own positive attitude  means she will make a full recovery, though I know it will take time.

 I still have a lot to be thankful for. My boys are old enough not to need me too much and they have been enjoying quality time with their dad, as well as lovely family and helpful friends.

It's also such a blessing that the hospital is only a few miles from home, making visiting easier.

I'm so thankful that it's summer as I can get out in my garden , which is the best therapy for me (Just don't mention the lack of housework!).

 It also means there are long and........ dare I say it .......warm....even hot! days to enjoy.

 I love being at home with the back door and the windows open wide, a breeze blowing through the house and the sounds of summer drifting in. But I also love to get out and soak up natures beauty .

On Sunday morning, before visiting time, we headed out on a family bike ride.

You can just see Mr BM in the distance, the boys are ahead of him and I'm lagging behind, too busy stopping to take pictures of the scenery ...........

The frothy, lacy cow parsley of May and early June is now slowly disappearing,  the statuesque Hog Weed , with it's big flower heads, it replacing it..........

I love it's flowers and the way these wonderfully structural stems remain through winter, when there is little else to look at...........

You don't want to pick this stuff though as it's toxic. Just look and enjoy :0)

The countryside is so green and pretty.........

Probably due to all the rain we have had.......... the going was a bit tricky in parts........

I always love to see farm gate produce.......

And the wild flowers around the natural pond are so pretty at the moment..........

Buttercups, Daisies , pink and white Clover, along with delicate grasses that wave in the breeze........

It's such a nostalgic sight that never fails to remind me of my countryside childhood.........

The buttercups are particularly lovely this year . For more buttercup appreciation do take a look at Lucy's POST, that's if you haven't already :0)
And HERE are some more stunning Yorkshire Dales buttercups.

All the flowers in this post are commonplace, so easy to take for granted, but so wonderfully pretty when you take the time to stop and look...........

Hope you have the time to make the most of warm summer days if you are in the northern hemisphere.Or if you are somewhere that's cold right now I hope these images have cheered you.
Jacquie x