Derwent water We’ve just spent a week in the Lake District. This time we abandoned our usual haunt in Rydal and ventured on to pastures new, with the dogs. We stayed in a cottage in St John’s in the Vale, around six miles outside Keswick. It was utterly isolated given there were only a few …
I love the first hint of autumn; that sudden rich earthy smell, the reds and golds, unexpected mists and the rhythm of the falling leaves. The garden is overflowing with rosy crab apples, swollen fruit, berries of all description, rose hips, nuts and acorns. The toadstools are back. Despite being the fourth most deadly mushroom …
It feels like Littl’urchin has always been around now. I really can’t remember what life was like without her! As she’s grown, we’ve gradually become more organized, as her needs change on a daily basis. To think she’s six and a half months already. Struth!!! How I’m enjoying seeing the world through her eyes. The …
Ever since I visited the New Forest a year or so ago, I’ve longed to go back. The pulling power of those wild donkeys, deer and ponies has been irresistible. This time around, we were told that the deer where everywhere, and were becoming a serious problem, as the commons are now over-grazed, yet we saw …
I just love these edible containers at our local train station, especially as folk are encouraged to help themselves when the crops mature! The hollow log planters, in the back garden border, have almost disappeared. They are doing an excellent job of protecting the plants from our three boisterous dogs. I was fascinated by this …
I’ve been concerned by the absence of butterflies this year, so when they finally, arrived en-masse, I drew a breath of relief. Maybe the heat and the buddleia drew them in. They have arrived late though as the buddleia and honeysuckle are almost going over. I simply lose time watching them fluttering about their daily …
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The Eagles were enjoyed, and the Albert Dock admired on the way home. Schools have been visited, and their commitment to green issues applauded! Filming took place at the rescue, for a Channel 4 programme about rescued animals, which is due to air in August. This couch has been hauled up and down the UK, …
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For this date, us gals chose to play out at the Art School, on Sugnall Street, Liverpool, why shouldn’t we spoil ourselves a little? On the way there, it was great to see an army of young people powering down Bold Street, protesting about how little is being done regarding climate change. Good on them! …
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The first batch of broad beans, utterly delicious. The first bowl of soft fruit, that the birds and dogs kindly left for us, so sweet. Morello cherries, the birds are more than welcome to these, as they’re sour. Three trees, totally laden with cherries will be devoured in days. June and July are all about …
Read more “A horrendous release, a good one, and introducing the, Whatever The Weather Girls”
