Named for a fairly obvious reason! I've never seen this eye thing in a spaniel before. He was really enjoying his swim but at this point is heading rather determinedly for shore as Monday's swans were after him. I've no idea where my ability to take artistic photos has disappeared to - I upload the day's efforts and hopeless...
Three good things:
1. Loads of bees. A welcome sight after the recent decline - don't know if it's a genuine increase in numbers but I hope so.
2. Jaw dropping blackberry crops. They all seem to be synchronised at the same stage of ripening as well so make a dramatic scene. I think I may run to more than my usual 4 jars of bramble jelly this year but I'll have to be ready for action as they'll all be ready at once.
3. My friend Helen and her family spending their summer vacation changing lives in Uganda (building a bathroom for girls so that they can attend school all month). And unexpectedly saving the life of a passing small boy by arranging a trip to hospital and paying the £3.40 needed for medicine for a nasty infected burn. Not much is it? I'm as happy as anybody with the birth of young Prince George but I do wonder about the people who buy commemoration pottery for £16,000. If I ever have so much money that I can spend £16,000 on a piece of pottery please remind me that there are other priorities.
Heterochromia iridum is the term - my neighbor has it. She has one blue eye and one green eye. We are waiting to see if her son has it - his eyes are changing from baby blue to ?
Are these different coloured eyes noticeable in ordinary light Judith, can't say i have ever noticed Monty with two different coloured eyes before...... I'm glad you caught this phenomenon for us all to see.
I shall seriously think you have lost your marbles if you were even tempted to spend that amount of money!!! We have no hedges for blackberrying now unfortunately!!
@happypat Not Monty - his eyes are both brown (& a bit red due to allergy at the moment!). I really took this photo of the dog swimming rather than the eyes but he was quite striking so it must have been the blue eye. No hedges?? You'll have to go in search - you'll only need one as they are amazing!
@judithg I do make jam and also red currant jelly, but I've also bottled some cherries and put some into the rumpot with lots of sugar. It has to stay there until until Christmas. Oh and I also made some lovely ice-cream with raspberry puree - and cream - loads of calories!!! All the rest I've frozen to use later.
Such a strange but beautiful dog! Right on about the commemorative pottery! The news about that had thankfully not reached me yet. Kudos to your friend!
@judithg I do apologise profusely Monty...I did think you had a dirty face today....of course you are much better looking than this!
What is your mistress doing taking pictures of stray dogs, she should have only eyes for you!
My old form tutor had eyes like this. Ever so slightly disconcerting.
re 2 - there's a hugh fearnley-wotsit recipe for blackberry sorbet which is amazingly simple and one of the tastiest things I think I've ever eaten. It will be one of the consolations of an autumn spent on dry land that we will (hopefully) have a freezer again and I can make buckets of the stuff. And if you put it in a glass with a splash of something stronger you can make hedgerow daiquiris, too... I couldn't find the recipe online to link it, but it's only about four lines long so shout if you want it and I'll post it over.
Wow, slightly spooky, with you on the bees, they've gone buzzing mad - loads of bumbles about - might be all the planting they've been doing in the park.
I shall seriously think you have lost your marbles if you were even tempted to spend that amount of money!!! We have no hedges for blackberrying now unfortunately!!
What is your mistress doing taking pictures of stray dogs, she should have only eyes for you!
re 2 - there's a hugh fearnley-wotsit recipe for blackberry sorbet which is amazingly simple and one of the tastiest things I think I've ever eaten. It will be one of the consolations of an autumn spent on dry land that we will (hopefully) have a freezer again and I can make buckets of the stuff. And if you put it in a glass with a splash of something stronger you can make hedgerow daiquiris, too... I couldn't find the recipe online to link it, but it's only about four lines long so shout if you want it and I'll post it over.
3. Good on Helen and her family.