The walk in my week....

This little area is alive with birds and in the summer this tree will form a green canopy over the stream

Today I saw Robins, Chaffinches, Pied Wagtails

And a cat stuck up a tree !

It will be interesting to see these fields in a few weeks and see what has started to grow !

This stone is all that remains of one of the old farm buildings

I wonder what stories it could tell. !

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Lavender's blue, dilly dilly.....

Whilst picking a bunch of Lavender in the garden this morning I found 

myself singing Lavender's blue, dilly dilly

Lavender angustifloria
Josie's Garden
August 2013

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green,

When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be queen.

Who told you so, dilly, dilly, who told you so?

'Twas my own heart, dilly, dilly, that told me so.

Call up your men, dilly, dilly, set them to work

Some to the plough, dilly, dilly, some to the fork,

Some to make hay, dilly, dilly, some to cut corn,

While you and I, dilly, dilly, keep ourselves warm.

Lavender's green, dilly, dilly, Lavender's blue,

If you love me, dilly, dilly, I will love you.

Let the birds sing, dilly, dilly, And the lambs play;

We shall be safe, dilly, dilly, out of harm's way.

I love to dance, dilly, dilly, I love to sing;

When I am queen, dilly, dilly, You'll be my king.

Who told me so, dilly, dilly, Who told me so?

I told myself, dilly, dilly, I told me so.

Lavender's blue is an English folksong which can be dated back to the seventeenth century