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Hello, new friend…
A polytunnel! “If it takes two or three men, two or three days to erect one, how long does it take one […]
Category: The Seasons
”Winter’s dregs…*”
Yes, there are dull days in January. Dull, dreary, dreich, cold, freezing, snowy (or “wintry mix” as Apple weather app calls it), […]
There’s snow warning…
There’s snow warning like no warning, like no warning we know. Not had one this early in winter before.
Fat red berries…
The “foreign” blackbirds haven’t arrived yet, so the evenings are less noisy with the sounds of the locals staking out territory. The […]
The first frost…
The first frost of the year and Dol-y-Fan is looking good in the early morning sun. Not a deep one, but enough […]
Of gorse it is…
Of gorse it is in flower, at this time of year. Remarkable as it seems, differing bushes, or even stems, of gorse […]
Apres le parapluie…
Apres le parapluie. Doesn’t make any sense, really, but saying it convinces me I can speak fluently and effortlessly , and it […]
Pannage…
Pannage is the name in the New Forest for anti-acorn operations, when pigs are allowed on to the common land to consume […]
0.2 degrees…
This morning, the first cold morning of the winter, coincided with the Autumn Equinox. The weather for this week is forecast to […]
Quercus, an oak…
by any other name. Browsing the local Facebook group (useful for local news, gossip and buy and sell) and this little chap […]