Silage Time Again.

All across the countryside the contractors are out making a second cut of the silage leaving the fields looking yellow before the grass grows once more. We've had some rain in the last few days but it has stayed warm. Looks as if we are having an early summer again. We've still got another 3 weeks at school - plenty of time for miserable weather to set in. This afternoon it was 'shuffle up' time when all the children went to meet their new class teacher and spend the afternoon in their new classrooms. We generally plan fairly relaxed afternoons so the children will look forward to returning to their new classes after the summer holidays.
This evening, before getting down to more school preparation, I had a quiet time catching the sun up in the scree garden. It is good to unwind just listening to the sounds of our valley; the singing of the thrush and the chink-chink of a flock of finches accompanied by the sound of the horses next door being walked through the yards before being turned out in the fields.