The Wye

The day that the rain came down…

Substitute drizzle for rain. Insert “days” for day. Call it floated rather than came with its biblical sound, and you…

4 weeks ago

The Phoenix…

The mythological bird called the Phoenix was consumed by flames and was reborn [again] (Google version - you can’t be…

1 month ago

A Twmffat …

A twmffat is Welsh for funnel, an affectionate name for a complete eejit! Said entity decided to camp on the…

2 months ago

Impatient…

Impatiens glandulifera, Himalayan balsam, is a large annual plant native to the Himalayas. Via human introduction it is now present…

3 months ago

A Gulp of …

A gulp of Cormorants. Apparently that’s the collective noun; or a swim (I like that). A gulp mirrors their head…

3 months ago

Fishy goings on…

More fishy goings on in our pond. There was I observing the frogspawn and my eye was caught by something…

7 months ago

River rockpooling…

Is river rock-pooling a thing? It is on the Wye, especially when the frogs are cosying up and spawning yet…

7 months ago

”Winter’s dregs…*”

Yes, there are dull days in January. Dull, dreary, dreich, cold, freezing, snowy (or “wintry mix” as Apple weather app…

9 months ago

Fat red berries…

The “foreign” blackbirds haven’t arrived yet, so the evenings are less noisy with the sounds of the locals staking out…

11 months ago

The first frost…

The first frost of the year and Dol-y-Fan is looking good in the early morning sun. Not a deep one,…

11 months ago