The weatherman on our local TV channel, a dapper chap called Derek, described yesterday as “toastie”. I liked that. There is something comforting there, something reassuring and innocuous. Toastie can never be daunting or oppressive. The fact that it also suggests delicious warm and melting sandwiches exacerbated this impression. Perhaps Derek was guilty of understatement,Continue reading “Six on Saturday – Toastie”
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Six on Saturday – Desperate
I really wanted to come out to play today. Last Saturday was my first contribution for a while and I wanted to keep the momentum going. Inertia may have been vanquished but it is a formidable opponent. This weeks’ problem was the photographs. All day the rain fell. All day my camera was at myContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Desperate”
Six on Saturday – November Already?!
Seriously, November already? I’m not sure I’m prepared. I don’t mean for frosts and other inclements, I mean ready for, well, how can I put it, gloom. Each sunny day is grasped in a needy way, a life raft in a sea of drear. The garden, of course, couldn’t give a monkey’s about the weather,Continue reading “Six on Saturday – November Already?!”
Six on Saturday – Bad Dreams
I had a peculiarly dreamful sleep last night. As usual, the sweet dreams passed me by and horror took centre stage. After being dragged by my ankles to certain doom by evil spirits, I dreamt that Michel Roux Jnr (Michelin Starred chef and secret crush) told me, in no uncertain terms, that I had no writing talentContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Bad Dreams”
Six on Saturday – Peace
The inevitable happened and I have succumbed to the evil Covid. A day or two of feeling rotten and now just boredom and positive tests. In the scheme of things, in the scheme of this misguided world, it is inconsequential. Pop over to Himself to find out what the other SoSers are up to. Let’sContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Peace”
Six on Saturday – Cabbage
It is going to be tricky to feature anything in this Six on Saturday that does not resemble over-cooked cabbage. The ground has not thawed since last week, I am sure I am not alone, and I am resigned to having lost a fair few of my vulnerable plants. This is what happens if youContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Cabbage”
Six on Saturday – The Bright Side
Shall we get this over and done with? It is hot. Hot for us. Too hot for me. I could have shared six frazzled plants from the garden, or even a frazzled gardener, but I have decided not to. I expect you have some of your own casualties. Here I will be showcasing the brightContinue reading “Six on Saturday – The Bright Side”
Six on Saturday – Murk
I feel a little bit confused. Not unusual, it’s true, but the severity of the confusion seems all the more at the moment. I mean to say, what day is it?! Saturday of course, it is Six on Saturday time. I am barely into my January sabbatical (big word for a month off) and I’mContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Murk”
Rain Didn’t Stop Play
Just as the Inuit language contains 50 different words for snow *, in North Devon we have a similar amount for rain in all its incarnations. Today it mizzled, drizzled, thought about raining, poured down, threatened, spat, spotted, dripped and tipped. Still at the Farm we worked through most of the day, clutching onto theContinue reading “Rain Didn’t Stop Play”
Off The Edge Gardening 