Day 9

I think today's post is going to have to be green, judging by our fun today.

Before it got tooo hot we adventured south from home. We orienteered our way along new footpaths to us, and going by the grasses height at the end of the walk, a not very frequented path. Medium Small as can be seen is correctly dressed for a walk, in posh dress and pink handbag as well as 'princess hair' (I did win the battle with trainers and suncream though- as is evident I lost to everything else including a hat that would mess up the hair). What great views. I think Littlest Small mainly saw this. The half-way point took us to a (cunningly plotted) ice-cream stop and we walked back a little along what a few years ago was a hell-fast death-trap road. Ambivalent feelings as we strode along here eating ice-creams when the memory of years' previous hideous accidents is still on the tarmac and in my mind's eye.

We walked past a fantastic farm still equipped with barn-owl homely buildings. I was intrigued by these roof tiles. I've never seen tiles laid in diamonds.

We also discovered what my weed/flower will look like in a week or so:

My Dad has looked it up. It is Salsify. Related to the commonly know Jack-to-bed-by-noon (which is exactly what it does). Apparently you can eat the tubers as a veg. Can't see the Smalls taking to that. Apparently they can taste like oysters. Never tasted those either so don't need to try it to compare!!

...and finally, what do you do when it's bathtime and you've had a fabulous day that you don't wish to end, and the sun still feels like it is at noon, so it reeeeaaally can't be bedtime?

Why, "hide" in the garden in (momentarily clean) pillowcases and pretend you are baby hedgehogs!!?! I'm going to try this on our report deadline with the Head to see if it works for me too!