Mia, Ted's New Friend

Yesterday, Peggy brought Mia, a Beagle/Spaniel cross, to meet Ted, who took all the running, jumping and close investigations in his stride. Mia, who is 5-months old is more or lass constantly on the move but I managed to capture a few still moments.

Toft Full-Spectrum Images from Misty Frosty Day

Taken on 30th November - one of the very cold misty mornings with the Full-Spectrum camera. Mostly very muted colours but, in the denser part of the wood, the autumn colours recorded well saturated presumably as infrared was somewhat filtered out by the canopy. Ted was a bit bewildered by the very cold conditions and is about to zoom off round in circles,

 

Drought Declared in East Anglia

A few images from an early walk in Toft where everything other than large trees are now the colour of straw. The Hares and Rabbits and our Golden Retriever, Ted,  matched with the environment perfectly.

Flora meets Ted

Yesterday was Ian's puppy Flora's first day allowed to mix with other dogs so Ted, Isla and Flora all met for some social intermixing while the humans maintained their social distancing. All was jovial interchange between the three dogs other than when a ball was involved! Flora discovered Ted's rope pull could fight back!

Toft Millenium Wood - 17 Years of Growth

Toft wood is a community wood planted in 2000. Here is one of the 40 oak trees that I planted on a very wet day in 2000. They are growing well alongside the Hazel and Alder bushes. Our 4-month puppy Ted enjoyed a walk along the Drift - always a favourite walk with our dogs.