Summer.

Now the sun is shining and the grass is growing at full speed, the lawn mower has to come out of hibernation.We have been told that the trick is to cut the grass long to begin with. That is okay by me as it means less trips to empty the grass cuttings. 

We have a thrushes nest in the garden, with 5 babies. The adults are busy making endless trips to feed the young.

The word is that the volcano is dying down, so looking as if the summer is saved. Normal flights and no ash fall.