It’s been wild, wet and windy around these parts of late and I’ve had two horrendous back-to-back bouts of lurgy that’s doing the rounds. I’ve actually got used to the constant brain fog, endless coughing, sneezing and perpetually streaming nose. I’ve been traipsing around with a blanket draped about my person that has earned it’s …
This may look like the back of someone’s head, but it’s my pygmy hog, Heidi, all curled up. The problem I have with Heidi at this time of the year, is that she’s not a native hedgehog. Given she’s an African species and is only a quarter of the size of an adult native hedgehog, …
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and we’ve been busy stripping the ivy from the fallen tree. Now the trunk is bare, you can see how much of a near miss it actually was. Just look how close to the greenhouse it is! It struck the wall, to the left, just above the patio doors, and all the upper branches snapped and …
Acer unfurling. I wouldn’t say spring has sprung, but it’s beginning to get there! Apricot blossom. Hoping for fruit this year. Flowering Cherry, confetti season is upon us. Magnolia stellata, utter perfection. The Montana is taking it’s time! Sam loves playing in the cave formed by it’s stems. I ventured into the wilderness that is …
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Somehow, I’m always behind, blogging wise. Time to catch up, I think. Recently , I spent a day playing out in the Baltic Triangle in Liverpool, with good friends. This is a new urban project that is rejuvenating a derelict area, on the outskirts of the city. It’s all very bohemian, food stalls, bars and …
Last year was one of the wettest years on record and most of my fruit and veg was ruined. This year I’m hoping and praying for better weather, but so far there’s little sign of improvement as it’s still constantly raining or snowing and it’s freezing, and I mean perishingly cold which makes it hard …
Each time we go away on holiday, our wonderful next door neighbour, Barbara, feeds the Curly cat for us. Twice a day she comes out, whatever the weather, and her only reward for this kind deed is to be hissed and spat at. This has been the case for years, but yesterday Curly finally decided …
As we always get lots of youngsters trick or treating on Halloween, I decided to “spook up” the stocks in the garden. I bought a couple of cheap skeletons and semi burried one and placed the other in the stocks in tattered clothing. A couple of pumpkins finished the scene off. Now…..we live next door …
