The garden

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…

4 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…

4 years ago

Christmas Eve…

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

4 years ago

Autumn jobs…

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

4 years ago

Trees laid bare…

The first winter after the trees were trimmed. I think we may have a difficult time convincing the village that…

4 years ago

Winter project…

Help! What’s happening? Since we’ve had the donkeys, twice the water table has risen and flooded the stable. Interestingly all…

4 years ago

November project…

My fork, minus its handle which broke some years ago. The business end is about fifty years old, and good…

4 years ago

Spotted these growths along grass stems in the wild flower meadow. Looks like an animal such as a dog or…

4 years ago

Poles apart.

It must be getting on for three years ago that BT surveyed our five (what I call- Ed.) telegraph poles…

4 years ago