Dear Readers, after a day of continual pouring rain yesterday it was such a relief to have some dry weather today for my visit to St Andrew’s Church in Milborne St Andrew, Dorset, to tidy up Mum and Dad’s grave. Actually, I’m rather loving the way that the lesser celandines are combining with the cowslips and saxifrage that I’ve bought.

And here’s a little bit of a soundscape. See how many birds you can identify! Or just enjoy…

And it’s interesting how the pollinators turn up straight away. It’s easy to forget that flies, too, can act as pollinators.

A bumblebee drones over, but there are a couple of honeybees, so someone around here must have a hive…

Here’s a little bit of film showing the busy honeybee, already collecting pollen. It’s so great to see all the lesser celandines providing some protein.

And just look at the primroses here. Around these three graves, and across the lower part of the graveyard, they’ve spread and bred into a carpet of cream, with a few pink ones.

And here’s a final soundscape, looking down between the yew trees to the church door. This is such a peaceful place, and I really wanted to share it with you all. We could all do with a bit of peace at the moment.