The garden

Violets are blue…

Dilly, Dilly. Indeed they are, and they’re invading the meadow by the pond. They’re difficult to photograph and these attempts…

3 years ago

Holes in socks…

Or potatoes as we used to call them. Time is progressing and the spuds are chitting so despite everything being…

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

Oh! Poo.

Time to take out the old vegetables, now that they are sprouting, and prepare the beds for this year. The…

3 years ago

Froggie would a woowin’ go…

There used to be fish in here, and every now and again the new generation of Herons comes to be…

3 years ago

I’m the lumberjack and he’s OK..

Sits in there, barking orders, overseeing my log splitting, barely an encouraging word, little team spirit, so I just get…

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

Autumn jobs…

A definite job at this time of year is gutter cleaning. Also known as truffling cleaning around here. A term…

3 years ago