1st July

Only one person on the Health Walk today besides me due probably to the Murray/Nadal semi final - nobody much around anywhere.   Pleasant  walk though followed bu tea and crumpets at Poppies tea shop.  Summer weather as well!   Otherwise I've been busy in the garden deadheading etc.     Tommy is being awkward and not wanting any of the food I put him down - if you leave it long enough he will eat it but in this hot weather you cannot do that as the flies are there whenever he knocks the cover off!!       Here is a picture of Tommy looking as if he is stalking a pigeon (actually it was not quite like that! Tommy had been sitting there and the Pigeon landed in front of him and was foraging around without any reaction from cat at all - at one point the pigeon actually turned his back on the cat - fool!! - but as soon as he flew of a few feet Tommy began to take notice and go after him. (poor photo but didn't have time to adjust settings)

came across this burying beetle last night

nicrophorus investigator

some other images from my garden