Pepys, the diarist…

1 year ago

Started chapters like so. “To Oswestry…”. So I did. But why, I hear you WhatsApp, because it’s there as Hilary…

Quercus, an oak…

1 year ago

by any other name. Browsing the local Facebook group (useful for local news, gossip and buy and sell) and this…

Early longest-day morning…

1 year ago

Early longest-day morning. Can I say that? Goosander family spooked by my minuscule appearance: a hundred yards away, barely visible…

Early morning…

1 year ago

Stramble, or somewhere between an amble, or a stroll, but those two words indicate an objective or purpose which is…

A Swallow doesn’t…

1 year ago

Know what it’s doing. I posted this on Facebook: “ Swallows in on my mind. They arrive here in April,…

The wild flower meadow…

1 year ago

Is coming into its own. Although any time of year is spectacular to us. But the snowdrop has given way…

Planting..

1 year ago

Leeks at @merryhall. Slow TV.

Planting out…

1 year ago

Tomatoes. Slow TV.

Necessity is the…

1 year ago

Mother of invention, it is said. Shearing time for the girls, time to get rid of the winter overcoats and…