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Why would you want to work on a treacherous slope, which steeply falls away onto a busy road noisy with coaches and lorries, on any old day?  Far better to save that treat for when you can do it in persistent blustery rain and you have left your waterproof trousers in the car at the topContinue reading “Back on the Edge”

My dear mama always says of me “you do one job and make half a dozen others”.   You might think this a little harsh, but it is generally true. Last week I noticed an uninvited colony of greenfly on one of our roses.  You may think this means that we have many specimens, we have two.Continue reading “Underwhelmed”

I have bought a new lens for my posh camera.  So I can look closer.  And be more personal.  It is not however a posh lens.  In fact it was quite cheap.  Possibly too cheap.  We will see.  It may involve practice and patience.  Oh dear.

For those of you bored by yet more bluebells, to liven things up a little, I have invited a guest star to the tableau. Drum roll please ….. At great personal expense (two apples) and especially for your delectation, here is the lovely Pip to further enhance the already splendid scene.  He is looking very fetchingContinue reading “Guest Star”

An interesting start to my day. I was driving along in my automobile, my baby beside me at the wheel.  That last bit isn’t true.  I was all by myself, heartily accompanying “Daniel O’Donnell Sings Iron Maiden”. Mind you, one is never alone with the big O’D.  If my memory serves me correctly, at theContinue reading “Wonder Woman”

My kind of lawn.

A few months ago I was dismayed to hear someone on the television, allegedly a wildlife expert, say “I hate grey squirrels” and then proceed to character assassinate this creature who never asked to be introduced to this country and is just trying its best to survive like the rest of us.  It is not evil.Continue reading “A Walk in the Woods”