Doings / The animals

MOAB or…

THE MOTHER OF ALL BALES!  Small bale straw not available, so had to have this one enormous large bale.  So big it […]

Doings / The garden

It’s good to share.

I suppose after the time we’ve been together, 35 years man and boy, we do things together naturally.  We share everything, the […]

Carp a Diem / Weather

Weather English

BBC radio 4 weather forecast “we have some useful weather today “.  What is that?

Area / The garden

One Swallow …

… and most of the glass is gone!  Ooops, sorry, wrong Swallow.  Our first sighting of our favourite birds.  In Hampshire they […]

Area / Doings

Off to Llandod for shopping

Here we are on the road to Llandod for the shops. It pays to keep as sharp eye on the road ahead […]

Area / The garden

Spring

The days are slowly warming and the garden is coming into it’s own.  The soundtrack is of continuous birdsong and lamb bleats […]

Area / Doings / The cottage

In memoriam

Sad day, as we had Speckeldy euthenased. We have nearly always had a speckled hen, they are characters, and are beautifully marked.  […]

Doings / The garden / Weather

Early morning

Beautiful early morning with the mist in the valley. Sandie doing the rounds of the livestock, in this instance just topping up […]

Area / Doings / Shopping

Hay!

Off to Hay on Wye for the farmer’s market (every Thursday). Had breakfast at Richard Booths bookshop; reputedly this bookshop started it […]

Area / Doings / Weather

The signs are there

A little local planting around a street sign in the village. Pretty, clever and so what is going on around here at […]