Year: 2020

#Area #Doings #The animals #The cottage

The nights are drawing out…

as my Father used to say.  We now complete the animals by 17.30 or so, and without the stable light.  At Christmas, sundown would have been about 16.30.

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By special request…

the stupendous one, the ultimate showman, the dandy of the den, the one and only, ladies and gentlemen I give you…     The Donald (and his glamourous assistant). He is accompanied (much like the real Donald) by an entourage […]

#Area #Doings #The Wye #Weather

Flotsam

A week or so ago, after a not very stormy storm, a part of a hawthorn tree covered by ivy, appeared by the river bank.  It is some thirty feet long.   It is now making its way down the river […]

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Pleasant chappie…

… I think that is what he is known as.  The male pheasant has up to eight female pheasants in the grounds at any one time. Not a good picture, but he is there with one of his wifelets as […]

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Sleepy lagoon…

well not quite, as you (might) know the theme tune for “Desert Island Discs”, but this is our idyllic place to spend our time. Seen here with our Christmas lights on, the cottage nestles in it’s landscape as if it […]

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Poo!

Not ordinary poo, though – not donkey, or sheep nor rabbit but otter! Typically left in a noticeable position as a territory marker, or an attractant to a mate (note to self, don’t try this at home Harry), we occasionally […]

#Doings #Joan Whittle

Joan

As we enter the (terrific?) twenties, we shouldn’t forget that Joan was born during the “Roaring Twenties” – the big band era.  Sharp as a vinyl needle, stylish as a John Lewis floor walker, smart as a box of frogs, […]