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The day that the rain came down…
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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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The Phoenix…
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The Phoenix…

The mythological bird called the Phoenix was consumed by flames and was reborn [again] (Google version – you can’t be reborn again!) […]

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A Twmffat …
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A Twmffat …

A twmffat is Welsh for funnel, an affectionate name for a complete eejit! Said entity decided to camp on the bank of […]

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Impatient…
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Impatient…

Impatiens glandulifera, Himalayan balsam, is a large annual plant native to the Himalayas. Via human introduction it is now present across much […]

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A Gulp of …
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A Gulp of …

A gulp of Cormorants. Apparently that’s the collective noun; or a swim (I like that). A gulp mirrors their head throwback as […]

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Hot weather
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Hot weather

Hot weather on the way, and we don’t like it. We generally don’t stop, there’s always jobs to be done, animals to […]

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Shy Squirrel
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Shy Squirrel

I’m sat on the bench by the front door (choice of two, how Port Out, Starboard Home is that? And this chap […]

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Polytunnel update
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Polytunnel update

Three months into playing in the tunnel, what is it looking like?

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Wild Flower Meadow
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Wild Flower Meadow

The time is late afternoon, the date is early May, after some heavy rain and even some distant thunder, a stroll through […]

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Whitebells…
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Whitebells…

Our wild flower meadow and orchard is a riot of colour and activity from the turn of the year. Snowdrops, crocus, daffodils […]

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  • 26 July 2019
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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 […]

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  • 17 July 2019
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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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Doings / The cottage / The garden / The Seasons / Weather
  • 16 July 2019
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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.

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  • 15 July 2019
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Veg galore

Over winter we refurbished half the raised beds, and put three tons of topsoil on them. We also have properly used the […]

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  • 13 July 2019
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That Google thingy…

… sent a video through, pity not to use it!

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  • 4 July 2019
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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. […]

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  • 3 July 2019
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Carnival time…

The summer in this part of Wales is marked by village carnivals, shows, and fun every weekend.  It is a tradition based […]

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  • 23 June 2019
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Stylish stile

Got our own footpath marker and stile! Having put up new anti-donk/sheep fencing, we were going to insert a gate into the […]

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  • 21 June 2019
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  • 7 years
  • 137 words

Pattern choosing time.

A new blind for the bathroom involves pages of pattern books Such fun… !!

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Are you a smasher? …
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  • 11 June 2019
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Are you a smasher? …

Or a top slicer? Just look at the shell colour. No photoshopping, just wonderful eggs.

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