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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Doings / Weather
A sparkle amid the gloom.
The roadside verge at the top of the track.
The nights are drawing out…
as my Father used to say. We now complete the animals by 17.30 or so, and without the stable light. At Christmas, […]
By special request…
the stupendous one, the ultimate showman, the dandy of the den, the one and only, ladies and gentlemen I give you… […]
Pleasant chappie…
… I think that is what he is known as. The male pheasant has up to eight female pheasants in the grounds […]
Sleepy lagoon…
well not quite, as you (might) know the theme tune for “Desert Island Discs”, but this is our idyllic place to spend […]
Joan
As we enter the (terrific?) twenties, we shouldn’t forget that Joan was born during the “Roaring Twenties” – the big band era. […]
Area / Christmas / Doings / Joan Whittle / The animals / The cottage / The garden / The Seasons / Weather
Oh! what a year it’s been…
… much like all the others really! But at this time of year it fills the visual and aural BBC airwaves with […]
Wonky donks go!
Our photogenic donks for most of the year graze our sparse pasture. Donks do sparse, it is something to bear in mind […]