Tuesday 6th July 2010

We don't often get Starlings in the garden nowadays but we had a flock of them today.

Monday 5th July 2010

The Mock Orange is covered in flowers and smells gorgeous.

Sunday 4th July 2010

The yellow lilies have started flowering today.

Saturday 3rd July 2010

The hanging baskets are taking a lot of watering in this dry weather.

Friday 2nd July 2010

A Coot in Ashton Park, West Kirby.

Thursday 1st July 2010

Aconitum, known as aconite, monkshood, monk's blood, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, women's bane, Devil's helmet or blue rocket, is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). There are over 250 species of Aconitum.

Like other species in the genus, A. napellus - the Common Monkshood - contains several poisonous compounds, including enough cardiac poison that it was used on spears and arrows for hunting and battle in ancient times It has a long history of use as a poison, with cases going back thousands of years. During the ancient Roman period of European history the plant was often used to eliminate criminals and enemies, and by the end of the period it was banned and any one growing A. napellus could have been legally sentenced to death. Aconites have been used more recently in murder plots; they contain the Chemical alkaloids aconitine, mesaconitine, hypaconitine and jesaconitine, which are highly toxic

Wednesday 30th June 2010

I got the bus to Irby and had a walk around Thurstaston Common in the sunshine.

Tuesday 29th June 2010

They have knocked down some of our local shops in ordere to make a Tesco supermarket. Even though planning permission was turned down by the Council it was over-ruled by the Secretary of State; much to our annoyance.