Sunday, May 06, 2007

Artful nature, babies and a view.

Another leg of the High Weald Landscape Trail -- Tenterden to Rye.

1. A perfect wood -- hazel trees with fortnight-old leaves, a stream, wild garlic and bluebells.

2. Lambs jumping so that their back legs are thrown out sideways, and calves running with their tails in the air.

3. A view across the marshes: The town of Rye piled up on its hill, with Dungeness powerstation over its shoulder.

Escape, tulips and samosa.

1. This morning, I'm piling into a car with friends to escape into the Weald, where we will visit a garden planted with 45,000 tulips. 2...