Not very, but hopefully enough to deter at least some weekend visitors. The last two weekends have been sunny/hot, and as lockdown […]
The Chinese call it late summer, the period between summer (everything fresh and bright), and autumn (everything jaded and prepping for that […]
One of the benefits of Covid and lockdown (and there are quite a few) is the even more beautiful and colourful and […]
Aka the wood, woodlet, we don’t know what to call this magical area. Nor do we know how to manage it, but […]
Blossom time at Merryhall. It’s that time of year again. Last year was a holiday for the trees, and fruiting largely didn’t […]
Just up stream of the River Wye from us, there are some breeding beds – gravel areas where the females lay eggs […]
Remember Poloaroids? Those really compact (not), sleek (not), designed using form follows function principles (not), anyway they worked and this style is […]
Our statuesque sycamores against the bluest of blue skies. No aircraft con-trails either. We had a tree surgeon give us his opinion […]
The river is now at summer levels, and is very low. This morning there were two Canada Geese standing in the middle […]
Do you remember tadpoles from your youth? The pond is looking good, ir overgrown with cotton heads and fresh water bean, but […]
