I love the intricacy of this sunflower bud. These are beautiful flowers, a deep red colour that looks lovely with the sun shining through it as it is today. I have the garish combination of red, purple and bright orange in this little area at the moment-quite fun!
I am off to lunch with some fellow teachers in a minute-it is really hot again today so we are having a barbecue I think-though thunder is forecast for later! Tomorrow I am off to Yorkshire on a trip to pick up a naughty ebay purchase-more on that later. As I sit here I can see the legs of burly builders as they re-roof the school at the back of where we live. I have been practising being a spy taking photos of the works and also trying to draw them-with quite amusing results which I will show you another day! When life hands you lemons draw builders-or some such nonsense!Each morning(of my peaceful summer holiday!)starts with them bashing the existing tiles off the roof, throwing them into a wheel barrow, and then tipping them down the rubbish shoot. It seems a terrible waste of what look like perfectly good tiles, but I suppose it saves them a lot of time. I also get the feeling that they really enjoy this part of the job.
