Blackberries

It's blackberry season - yum, yum!

Waterfalls

Love waterfalls.

This You Tube clip is one of my favourites, the Staubbach Falls, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland - also known as the Horse's tail. I read that the poet, Coleridge, loved it too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_4sZ4v31DM

"Retrieve? Who? Me?"

Golden Retriever Chilling Out

Our dog has always been a rubbish retriever, unless....

...the object to be retrieved.......

...is thrown into water!

Crabbing

Although we're waiting for a repair on the boat and can't take it out, the family have still enjoyed crabbing from the pontoon. Through the summer holiday children could be seen up and down the pontoons in the marina enjoying this 'sport'. So it was a shame to read that the  British Open Crabbing Championship  at Walberswick had to be cancelled this year due to over-popularity! 

Duck and Lapwing

Touch-down imminent!

The lapwing was unimpressed.

Event Food

Food at events is so much better now. I had a very tasty hog roast bap at a garden show today - large slices of beautifully cooked pork with stuffing and a pretty good apple sauce. There just doesn't seem to be an elegant way to eat such an enormous filled roll but I did my best. Unfortunately I was then too full to have dessert from the pancake van :-(

Taoist Tai Chi

Finally! I must have missed at least 5 if not 6 weekly sessions of Tai Chi due to one thing or another. What a relief today to finally get back to a class and get some input on improving my performance of the set. 

I practise at home but it's easy to get into bad habits. Watching and listening to an instructor who is constantly improving their own performance gives me plenty to think about and try. It's also very calming practising the slow, controlled movements and benefits me, body, mind and soul.

Anyone else out there doing Tai Chi? I'd love to hear from you.

You can find out more about the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Great Britain here.

http://www.taoist.org.uk