Well, everything’s gone mad! Dry April, wetter than usual May, and more to the point, it was colder than usual. Got away […]
Strange old year “weatherwise” (dislike that habit of adding “wise” to words – my temperaturewise rises). Almost no rain in April and […]
I haven’t seen or heard a Lark for years, and now I’ve taken a photo of one I still can’t see it. […]
“Oh! Doctor, I’ve a problem”. “Oh! Goodness gracious me, how outrageous…” as Peter Seller’s song went. The meerest breath, the intake, the […]
Is taking over and there’s nothing we can do. No anecdote about sombreros, no antidotes or arm filling, no detracting word will […]
April was the driest for some years, and not for the first time we had an absence of April showers – ideal […]
Native bluebells are out and springing up in the most unlikely places. Just singles, maybe a couple or a small batch of […]
Apples are the key to Eden. The gentle hum (buzz is too noisy a word) of bees, the grasshopper chirruping, a Blackbird […]
Off to Andrew’s farm to top us up on barley straw. Such a cold and dry Spring has meant that the animals […]
Near the river gate we put a fence to protect the entrance from the Donks who persisted in eating the foliage. Problem. […]
