It has been another beautiful day with the sun shining from a clear blue sky over yellow fields — slightly windy too, to be honest. Otherwise it has been a quiet day. We have seen our eldest off at the train station (he will be back tomorrow evening), run some errands, feasted on fresh raspberries and blueberries, and played late evening croquet with our youngest as the garden was getting darker and darker.

The day the above photo was taken was far less windy, but equally beautiful. The ears that suddenly appeared in the midst of the crops caught our attention and we stopped the car and watched. It was amazing to see the deer look at us for perhaps ten minutes before we decided to drive away, leaving it to its business. Surprisingly, there is quite a lot of wildlife around where we live. We've seen rabbits twice and when we saw the deer we also saw a pheasant.