Family meet up
Joan’s niece Carol texted – “OK to come and see Auntie?”, so we texted back “of course!”. which spawned a family meet up along with Joan’s son David and his wife Liz. It was great to see Carol and brother […]
Daffodil Drive
I had to go to Llanidloes and decided to go the back road which on the map at least seemed the quickest way. It wasn’t. Mainly because having started the drive from a village called Pant-y-Dwr I was transfixed by […]
Daffs are daffs, aren’t they
A look around the garden at ours. Warning, people of a nervous or sea-sick disposition are advised not to watch.
Pink Moon
Or so I’m told. Named after a North American flower which is prevalent at this time of year. Taken at 05.30 this morning as I stepped outside to feed the donkeys and dogs. They didn’t seem particularly interested in it […]
It’s been a Good…
Friday at Joan’s. In the absence of visitors it has become the norm to go round to Joan on this day each year for Fish and Chips, cooked by herself. We deliver the Tesco grocery delivery as well. Why Tesco? […]
Three Cocks
Or to give it its proper title, the Old Railway Line Garden Centre at Aberllynfi. not far from Hay on Wye, is Joan’s favourite shop of the moment. Like many you have seen it combines garden centre, cafe, ladies clothes […]
Wood store
The wood store is coming along, having built it, and stocked it, we decided it wasn’t big enough so we extended it. Final coats of Sadolin now being applied. This now becomes the back up store after the barn is […]
The dentist will see you now madam…
As we’ve had the donkeys for five years now, we decided to get their teeth looked at, which you are supposed to do quite regularly. Head collars on and awaiting the vet. Saskia duly arrived and a confab ensued, which […]
More storage
A trip to the local builder’s merchants to get more wood as the log store needs extending already, and that is without the impending bonus from the sycamores when they come down later this year. For that we need pallets […]
Just when we thought…
that Spring was with us, Winter returns with an unexpected minus five this morning. At seven o’clock this morning, with the sun about to launch itself on the day, the temperature was -5.3 and falling! The first spring we were […]