Chicks in Wilian village pond, Hertfordshire

Chicks in Wilian village pond, Hertfordshire, below that my mother's painting which she has had since 1951 reminds me of the scene, she says the painting was of Derbyshire though, and her grandfather used to look at it and observe  it might look nice but a terrible storm was obviously on the way...perhaps that's where the pessimism gene comes from? It was a pretty stormy day but we had a fantastic lunch at the fox pub in Wilian, followed by a little bit of sun as we waddled round the pond, I liked the gargoyles in the church tower, a very comical bunch of gurning baldies.