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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Carp a Diem / Doings / Weather
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Oooo, oh oh, Carol..[Insert music notes here]
We get our own party of the royal visit here tomorrow, with any luck they’ll have a super drive.
Poppies galore
At this time of year, lampposts are festooned with single large poppies measuring 18 inches or so across to honour the fallen. […]
Flotsam or Jetsam?
The last surge after heavy rain, about a month ago, left a tree in the middle of the river, a sizeable chap […]
Rain
Thirty six hours of rain forecast with storm Brian blowing a hooley. Still…. ….something warming for this evening, the first fire of […]
Ophelia plus one
Talk about the morning after the night before it is a beautiful start to the day, so quiet, and the day has […]
Doings / The cottage / The garden / Weather
Ophelia, Ophelia [insert music notes here].
It’s 08.45 and the talk on the Today programme is of locusts, armageddon, and impending doom. Whether it’s tropical storm, existent or […]
To Charlies…
… Country Store in Welshpool which is part agricultural merchant, part Toys-r-us for kids of all ages, part fashion brand label destination […]
Crab Apple jelly?
At least we think that’s what it is, beautiful at this time of year.
Where’s the fairy?
I tried storing these fungi in the Barn, without success as…. … there wasn’t mushroom inside. Boom, boom. Another wonder at this […]
Merry Hell …
… As the cottage used to be known as, colloquially by the locals, as Bachus and his wily ways took over. Our […]