Vacation-II

Located on a small hill by the name Gibbet, the house we are staying in is straight out of story books. When you look out of the bay windows you see a lush green backyard. In the back drop there are apple trees and a little further there are Tocel woods. The skies have been blue and the clouds have been in just the right numbers that make the picture perfect. The day we arrived, we got a warm welcome form Mallad ducks visiting us in the yard, pretty eager to have a taste of the curry that they got a waft of. Since then we have seen fat squirrels and brown rabbits or are they hare that keep popping in and out of the thicket. And of course a lot of birds: pigeons, finches, black caps and a few other types of birds that keep visiting the yard all day long. No wonder the fox that we spotted strolling amongst the apple trees looked so fluffy, cute and little on the plump side. All this right in the backyard!

A quick walk down the hill takes you to this delightful little pond in the woods which is the home of a rather big clan of ducks and wild geese. While you munch on your lunch wondering how these ugly fluffs of brown floating around can ever transform into the most graceful birds that look almost like work of art floating on water, hours can pass you by. Aah the beauty of an english summer….

Mother and son have been having a cracking time setting pitches in the backyard, sketching and painting together, going for walks by the pond, feeding ducks, learning some music and reading books. If you know us you can surely tell that this is just half the truth, the other half will follow soon…..