The cottage

THE day – 2019

Christmas Day 2019. A lovely day of laughter, nostalgia, whimsy, generosity, fiz and cloudy lemonade (note to self; good doctor’s…

6 years ago

Happy Christmas to all our readers…

'tis Christmas day in the workhouse... We are an hour away from official sun-up, but the day is slowly dawning. …

6 years ago

Half a month’s worth…

Or so they say. Five inches in 24 hours of heavy, persistent, wet rain. https://youtu.be/5GToLK0n9lo The tall tree in the…

6 years ago

Half a month’s worth…

of rain, some five inches or so (and probably more) of heavy, persistent and wet rain. https://youtube.be/5GYoLK0n9lo... On top of…

6 years ago

Pardon?

Oh! I thought you said you wanted the shelves busted... but you wanted them dusted... Oh heck!  Better start decorating…

6 years ago

Summer morning at Merryhall

The weather hasn't been spectacularly hot with unbroken skies, but it has been dry... https://youtu.be/iLNxPpAIkcI A quick look round the…

6 years ago

Veg galore

Over winter we refurbished half the raised beds, and put three tons of topsoil on them. https://youtu.be/g2mNOvKYerk We also have…

6 years ago

Tulip tree…

Yup, we got one... didn't know. Coming up to three years since we moved here and it's flowering for the…

6 years ago

Are you a smasher? …

Or a top slicer? Just look at the shell colour. No photoshopping, just wonderful eggs.

6 years ago

To Ledbury…

... a return visit to look at the retail scene (purely for research purposes, you understand). Yes, we had to…

7 years ago