THe sun shone today and in spite of the cold I ventured out into the garden to snatch a few photos...

As you will see, I am rather fond of horseshoes. I collect them and then nail them up all over the place. Horseshoes are an ancient protective symbol, thought to resemble the crescent moon. Some of mine are quite ancient, others more recent. Here are three of my favourites:

This one is for Usky - a rather rusty horseshoe, quite large and half buried amongst the ivy.

This horseshoe is near the first and what I liked about it is the way the black paint looks almost iridescent. It's just black gloss paint, honest. But of course, it is in a magical garden!

I have several horseshoes like this one - they are absolutely huge, the largest I've ever seen - probably double the size of the other two....