Blossom time
Blossom time at Merryhall. It’s that time of year again. Last year was a holiday for the trees, and fruiting largely didn’t occur. This year? Who knows? Our first Spring here and we had a minus eight overnighter, so fingers […]
Covid effects
Covid affects us all and we are learning to live with a new way of doing things. Going to the local agricultural merchants – Hay and Brecon Farmers, for feed and other items, now means not turning up and joshing […]
Observing the Covid-19 rules
Observing the Covid-19 rules, means just that. As mentioned, we have a couple of simple ones when we have contact with Joan – 94 this year. Her first three week stretch is now over, and her second one begins. She […]
Small fry
Just up stream of the River Wye from us, there are some breeding beds – gravel areas where the females lay eggs and the males then fertilise them. Which means that there are lots of Salmon and Trout fry in […]
Honesty
This year has been one of the best for us for flowering honesty.
Otter potter
Otters like to potter along the river bank, and their spraints can be seen, usually in specific locations. Advertising their presence both as a territory marker, but also as a social/mating statement. On the opposite bank, hidden in trees is […]
Making the bed…
Making the bed is one of those tasks which needs doing, and the feel of freshly laundered sheets is hard to beat, but the task seems pointless in a way. Rosie, the girl rescue greyhound, aged about seven or eight, […]
Remember Polaroids?
Remember Poloaroids? Those really compact (not), sleek (not), designed using form follows function principles (not), anyway they worked and this style is used in this video of Merryhall in the Spring.
Statuesque Sycamores
Our statuesque sycamores against the bluest of blue skies. No aircraft con-trails either. We had a tree surgeon give us his opinion of the trees. From the left hand one you can see that the left side has already come […]
Very low river levels…
The river is now at summer levels, and is very low. This morning there were two Canada Geese standing in the middle honking away with their haunting sounds. We need rain! The level is now at about -1.5 ft. below […]