Year: 2022

#Doings #The cottage

Solar Maxus

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No idea what that might mean, but we are currently pre-occupied with the solar panels. A leak in the bedroom ceiling underneath the panels precipitated a thought about whether we are using them enough – answer no, and it is […]

#Doings #The garden #The Seasons #The Wye

Proper bluebells, not…

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the Spanish version. The wild flower meadow seems to have spread further and more adventurously this year, in the fields around us and on the river bank, small single bluebells abound tentatively throwing up a bloom as if testing the […]

#Doings #The garden #The Seasons

Peony

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My Mother’s favourite flower and ours, the fragrance of the older, un-varagated forms are unbelievable, full of pepper and happy memories.

#Doings #The garden #The Seasons #The Wye

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch…

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“I go to the lavattory [sic] On Wednesdays I go shopping and have buttered scones for tea”. Lyrics from Monty Python, as you might recall. Having had the fallen apple tree to cut up and dispose of (including chopping for […]

#Doings #The Seasons #The Wye #Weather

Dragonfly or whatever

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Whilst I was taking a breather from my mega-chainsawing, I noticed a tadpole in the water. How magnificent is nature, I pond-ered (weak pun – Ed.) as I wondered at how such a small creature could survive a large scale […]

#Doings #The animals

Dogs- new readers begin here.

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The May bank holiday marks four years since we took on board the dogs – two rescue greyhounds, Rosie and George (aka Bigboy). Our first meeting with them was a bit chaotic. George, we noticed, seemed to have a limp […]

#Doings #The animals #The garden

Tip toe through the …

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Comfrey. Rosie loves to eat the leaves of this plant. Here she tip toes through it. For humans, the plant is still used to treat arthritis or sprains in alternative medicine. The alkoloids are toxic and can cause liver damage, […]

#Doings #Joan Whittle

Coffee for #1

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Or three at our favourite coffee #1 in Brecon. Joan insisted on a morning out (“I wanna go”!), so it’d be rude not to. A lovely Portuguese Tart, a couple of Pains au Raison, and three of their coffees. (If […]

#Doings #The garden #Weather

You say potato..

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however you say it, they’ve got to go in, so that is today’s job, despite reading today that we have had less than half of the usual April rainfall. The ground is certainly dry, and looking back to the winter […]

#Doings #The animals #The garden

How?

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At this time of year, we are used to finding shells, eggshells or parts thereof, around the garden as you would suppose. Each time we find one, we marvel at the way the soon to be unveiled new arrival gets […]