Here it is! It's really hard to explain where everything is in relation to everything else, but it all goes down one slope - the photo with me in it is from the other direction!
The photo in the bottom right shows the land from the bottom upwards. And yes, you can see that stunning castle from our place. :)
WELCOME TO OUR LITTLE WOODLAND!
Chestnuts! Like so many other things, I'd never really thought about where chestnuts actually come from... and then there they were! We have loads of chestnut trees shedding leaves and nuts in copious amounts at the moment. I never properly understood the term 'leaf litter' before coming here.
There is something hidden in the photos below. I didn't see it at first, I just heard a movement and looked towards it. I called for Thomas to come carefully over and I pointed out where it was. He kept repeating that he didn't know what I was pointing at until I got really quite close.
Try to find the animal in the first photo. If you can't see it, go to the following one. I think it's relatively obvious in the third. :)
We continued on our way and came upon a ramshackle shell of a small dwelling, for want of a better word. In the photo below, I am standing in front of a wall of it. It reminded me of The Secret Garden.
We also found a very basic shelter made of branches, which is in another of the photos and which I hope I can find again! I have no idea what its original purpose was, but it seems like a really lovely place for reflection.
And, at the bottom of the hill, there is some rather large and thorny shrubbery which leads onto a walking path. We carefully picked our way through it, but decided to come back a different way!
We have a lot more exploring to do before we can declare the place discovered, that's for sure!
All of the photos are Wonderful. That is the word. I'm in love.
ReplyDeleteMy favs tho are the wild ones...the wall, the house of sticks (Eeyore gone, for now) and the brambles....and Margaux in the leaves. The family portraits are just awesome.