Sun and shadows

For a while this morning it seemed that that I wasn't going to get to Packwood House: it took three attempts to leave Balsall Common before I found a road which wasn't flooded. I had an unscheduled stop at Baddesley Clinton first - which will be worth more visits later in the spring - before getting to Packwood the long way round. It was well worth it. The house and garden - plus the general sodden-ness of the countryside - reminded me strongly of the 'Green Knowe' books by Lucy M. Boston, which I read and re-read as a child.