The cottage

The wild flower meadow…

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

4 months ago

Planting..

Leeks at @merryhall. Slow TV.

4 months ago

“It was on the Monday morning…

The gas man came to call”. So goes the Flanders and Swan song. Dunno? Link here: The song has partial…

5 months ago

The passage of time…

As you know I like shadows. Time passes, and there’s nothing like a river to bring home the point. One…

5 months ago

It’s all sow lovely…

Spring has sprung, despite the cold Easter(ly) wind today. “I remember when we had snow at Easter in the olden…

5 months ago

Isia- the morning after…

Took the dogs walking and opened the gate to a lovely surprise. The top of a dying fir tree had…

2 years ago

What d’ya mean…

You can’t see where I’ve painted? Three years on, and the barn roof needs a top up coat of plasticiser.…

2 years ago

Favourite places number 1

Working by the river Wye, listening to the music it produces and being constantly bemused by its variations on a…

2 years ago

The only warm thing around here

The weather has taken a turn, and about time with all the rain we have had. A few days of…

3 years ago