Today: A beautiful miniature cactus flower in a brick, Plantsman’s close: A luminous Dandelion: Window pattern, delivery office as I head home.
The summer solstice, the sun shone full on as if in celebration. Posties arriving back after delivery all exclaimed “hotter than I was expecting”. A double tray Tuesday with endless Go outdoor and loaf sofa catalogues to deliver. A much needed stop at a corner shop for refreshing cold cans of drink. Happy to be finished.
Today: This favourite moment popped again with the citric green and orange poppies: Fallen baby conkers: Accidental walking photo: Flower.
Hot, hot, hot. A very sweaty day delivering, plenty of drinks needed and the sunhat. New summer lapsing (extra delivering) on Grove Avenue which had plenty of parcels to deliver and a couple of tricky addresses to find. Fun spotting all the fathers day cards. Happy to have a weekend off.
Today was all about the heat: van in shade Church Avenue: van in shade Christchurch road: van in shade Ipswich road: some amazingly beautiful purple/blue flowers.
Today: I imagine the happy, now collarless, cat each time I pass this collar in Mount Pleasant: Purple flowers: Wild strawberries, Ipswich Road: Dandelions.
Today: Always inspired by the plants that manage to thrive in the cracks and edges, Allen’s Lane: A tight turn in The plantation alway brings me up close to this hedge: Fun geometry and shadows at this beautiful doorstep in Christchurch Road: Lush flower in church avenue: Road works in Ipswich road mean an excitement of pavement markings have appeared.
A lighter and Sunny day delivering. A fresh breeze keeping the walking bearable. A switching of delivering order to minimise road work disruption and traffic queues.
Today: Poppies in Cambridge Street: Bus stop as I emerge from 97 Newmarket Road: Flowers The Cedars: My favourite set of flowers, they make me smile each time I arrive at this address in Lime tree road.
Finally a lighter days delivery, kept fresh by running the walk backwards and enhanced by the beautiful sunny weather.
Today: Patterned leaf: Colourful bush: An vertical leaf in Church Avenue, it had fallen tip first and was improbably wedged standing upright.
A slight easing of the post bank holiday parcel deluge, still busy. Glorious sunny, my eyes are caught by leaf formations today.
Today: An overwhelment of parcels to deliver (Bank holiday hang over): Damp leaves dripping: orange flowers in Lime tree road: white painted tree roots Newmarket road: Thunder clouds build.
A damp, hot, busy day. Just managed to finish, after Six hours walking (17km) before the thundery rain arrived.
Today: A rose surrounded doorway in Allens’s Lane which smelt heavenly and bee hummed gently: A breeze rustling lawn in Church Avenue and a mottled shadow: Splendid tree shadows: Surreal bubbles in Mount Pleasant: Bunting shadows from Laurel Lodge railings.
A heavy day’s delivering with seventeen special deliveries across the walk and a need to finish on time. Further aggravations with more of Ipswich being closed to traffic and forgotten drinks and snack. All mitigated by the glorious weather, clear strong sunlight with dark shadows. Heady flowery scent greeted me at many calls. We pushed hard and made it in time for the appointment.
Ginny Bain 