I had to pay a visit to the dermatologist this morning to have actinic keratoses removed. To treat myself afterwards, I took myself and a book off to the shade of a willow tree next to a dam with just the birds for company.





A blue heron kept on landing in the water, but every time I got up to photograph him, he flew away.

I felt like I'd spent a day at the spa despite my sojourn in the green quiet being slightly less than an hour.