Sunday - after the rain

A sequence of events

• It stopped raining
• The sun came out (eventually)
• The clouds parted
• The humidity was very high
• I went to Bushey Park
• I took some pictures
• I had a long walk through one Woodland Garden into the second
• I met a very nice **young couple - he with a Canon and 500mm lens plus, she with the binoculars - both sighted on a Kingfisher!! Which I saw!! Apparently it's often there so I shall be visiting with different eyes from now on.
• We talked for a while
• We didn't notice the very black clouds
• We did notice the few spots of rain that began to fall
• The rain got heavier
• I zipped up my waterproof jacket over my camera
• I pulled the hood up and battened down the hatches
• The rain came down in torrents
• The lightening flashed
• The thunder roared
• I was about 1 mile from my car
• My jeans - soaking wet and clinging to my legs
• My waterproof shoes - now wet from the rain water running down the jeans
• Lightening plus metal camera lens - not good
  
• Finally - reached the car
• AND THE RAIN STOPPED!
  

Eating autumn fruits

Cooling down


Sibling mutual grooming

Awww - little birds on their nests - agree

Male Mandarin regaining his glorious colours


** If either of my acquaintances of the afternoon pops in here, thank you both very much for allowing me to join your sighting of the Kingfisher and the view through your binoculars :)