The cottage

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…

12 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…

12 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.…

3 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…

3 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

Christmas Eve…

… and the perfect job to get in the mood. Restocking the log store. The tree-fellers sagely commented when told…

3 years ago

Winter drawers on…

It’s hackneyed I know, I recall daring and provocative civil servants coming out with that risqué phrase laden as it…

3 years ago

The lumpy bits…

All good things come to re-visit one. Mayglothling time again and the very nice man is coupling up (not a…

3 years ago