April was the driest for some years, and not for the first time we had an absence of April showers – ideal growing weather for seeds. This May, in Wales we have had our full allocation of average rainfall and its only the 17th! And our weather could be described as April showers!
Only now, are the trees cautiously coming into leaf, rather than “bursting”, a descriptor previously used.
The bluebells are rapidly becoming my favourite plant with their resilience and optimism in their colonisation remarkable to behold.
Merryhall. If all goes to plan we are moving, hoping to move is more accurate;…
Started chapters like so. “To Oswestry…”. So I did. But why, I hear you WhatsApp,…
by any other name. Browsing the local Facebook group (useful for local news, gossip and…
Early longest-day morning. Can I say that? Goosander family spooked by my minuscule appearance: a…