The Cockchafer..
The cockchafer or the ‘doodlebug’, a nickname later given to the V-1 flying bomb of WWII for their similarities in sound made during flight. […]
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Pardon?
Oh! I thought you said you wanted the shelves busted… but you wanted them dusted… Oh heck! Better start decorating then hadn’t […]
“Just popping to the Post Office dear…”!
By the time you clear this lot, it’s hardly “popping” is it? Then for good measure, they’re in the way on the […]
Girrls…
They usually come when called, the reward being ginger biccies. This time they are wary because of the phone/camera.
One mans rubbish…
… is another animals lunch!
For one night only…
as they say in Jersey Boys the musical, and in fact when any old Ha(rry)s been returns to the scene of his […]
It’s not over ‘till…
the autumn equinox. Summer that is, but this morning the mist rolled in and left its dew on the spider’s webs. But […]
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Summer morning at Merryhall
The weather hasn’t been spectacularly hot with unbroken skies, but it has been dry… A quick look round the pretty bits.
Veg galore
Over winter we refurbished half the raised beds, and put three tons of topsoil on them. We also have properly used the […]
That Google thingy…
… sent a video through, pity not to use it!
Tulip tree…
Yup, we got one… didn’t know. Coming up to three years since we moved here and it’s flowering for the first time. […]