Doings / The Seasons / The Wye / Weather
The day that the rain came down…
Substitute drizzle for rain. Insert “days” for day. Call it floated rather than came with its biblical sound, and you have a […]
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Hard to think this was two weeks ago!
Mayglothling
what a lovely word to get around your tonsils! it is of Worcestershire origin and graces the vehicles of the largest local […]
Gotta be done…
Might feel a Wally (old Metropolitan London expression-Ed.) but safety first. Getting log sawing over in long trousers over wellies to save […]
And so it begins…
after the tree felling, the storing, sawing and splitting starts. The men did a great job and I an in awe of […]
The trees.
One of the things that attracted us to Merryhall was the trees. Two enormous Sycamores which must be a couple of hundred […]
Bobcats
Work starts tomorrow. In the meantime the machines have been delivered. Wonder if they’d notice if I had a little go…
All Cacti are succulents…
But not all succulents are Cacti. Our Christmas Flowering Cactus is doing rather well in the greenhouse. Obviously suffering jet lag.
Shear joy
It’s that time of year again. The sun gets hotter, the sheep get exhausted carrying all that fleece around, we get hotter […]
Just admire the delicate ..
… flowers of keksi. Other local names are available, the main name being of course Cow Parsley, Queen Anne’s lace and Mother […]