Blakes Wharf, Reading

 The two swans that were nesting when we were here three weeks ago have produced.  Only two though, and very shy.  Every time I tried to take a photo they were scuttle behind Mum.

We spent the day painting and polishing and sorting out all the anchor chain and warp.  We have so much now there is no room in the anchor hold and the chain is in a plastic bag on the front deck.

I covered the top part of this white card blank with some patterned paper and added a sticky backed ribbon across the join to hide it.

Then I added the ceramic dog which I picked up in a craft market in Budapest a few years back.  It was stuck down with three glue dots.