Having time to be waylaid is a luxury I don’t take for granted.  Being able to stop and say hello to the neighbours can often be the highlight of our days.  For Fortnum that is!  He loves to stop and say hello although I am not sure that this neighbour is really that keen on making friends.  Whilst I was snapping away with my camera he was most definitely not taking his eyes of the bassets who were stretching through the fence to sniff and blow a basset kiss.  The downside of such diversions though is that we usually get wetter than we might otherwise need as the rain continues to fall.  Pity it’s wet and not like the star dust that this photography might suggest.