With an hour and half to kill while waiting for my Mom to have her acupuncture appointment this morning I decided to have a walk round the Arboretum. I'd heard they had a lovely patch of meadow flowers by the lake and along the brook and I wasn't disappointed.
There was a gorgeous big blue sky over the lake.
In the Gallery Garden there was a lovely display of photographs from the Short Heath photography club that meets at Holy Trinity Church hall in Cotham Road. After enjoying the photos I walked round the garden and spotted this gorgeous flower...
I loved the sunlight catching this grass...
and how have I never seen this before?
There is a new art sculpture by the new Visitors Centre that is just waiting for surrounding planting. I took the photo with steps to give a sense of size, if you are interested in the poem you can find it here.
It won't be long now until they've finished laying grass and can open up the space between the lake and visitor centre. They were working hard at lunchtime.
The splash pad was really busy with children having so much fun, the skate park was full, and the extra play area was popular too. The icecream van was in it's usual spot and they even had a hot dog/burger van in case you didn't take a picnic and got peckish (you could also walk up to the new centre for food too). All in all, it was a lovely Summer's day.
The train went past and it was good to see it being used.
Here are just a few more of my favourite photos from today....
Hope you enjoyed my photos, thanks for looking :)
