Toiling up the hill I look out to see this evening's light show.

📷 Google Pixel 8 Pro - Telephoto Sensor - (12MP) - 30 x Zoom - Moonshot after Sunset

The marble window sill is actually painted wood that has been skillfully made to resemble stone.

A former mill that's been re-purposed as housing. The June sky overhead looks ominous.

The city library is in the former fire station. Apart from books there are computers for public use and staff who know lots.

More than a place for books, it's a cultural center with poetry club meets, yoga sessions, local art exhibitions, and a warm place to hang out in the cold months.

If you are lucky enough to have a public library, please use it. Or lose it.

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The Butterfly House in Williamson Park. I like the mosaic.

📷 Google Pixel 4xl - Throwback July 2021 - Cannock Chase

The corbicula is the term for a spoon-shaped indentation on some bees' legs where they carry pollen back to the hive.

This flower is a yellow snapdragon.

There's a corner of a paddock where these grow. The birdsong nearby is beautiful.

My back garden

Known as Penny's Hospital, built in 1720 with funds from William Penny's estate. For "twelve ancient, indigent men."

Including a chapel for the residents (at the end of this picture) from 1770 it was also used as a Blue Coat charity school to teach boys reading, writing, and arithmetic.

William Penny was mayor of Lancaster three times.

The almshouses are still in use and the general public may visit the chapel after 10am daily. It is a haven of tranquility.

Steeper than it looks.

The bushes were transformed quite suddenly.