The cottage

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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 years ago

Are you a smasher? …

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

7 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

Once upon a time…

... Wales was aforested. It isn't now we've had our log delivery! Roll on Christmas!

7 years ago

Alarums and scarums

The co2 monitor has been bleeping a single piercing electronic bleep. Annoying and persistent, no amount of "shut up" worked,…

7 years ago

It’s good to talk…

... at a family gathering. David and Liz (Joan's Son and in-law) came down to visit her. Sorry, no pics…

7 years ago