Dusk
This was my last photo of the day, taken just after dinner in a prematurely dusky garden, with a rainstorm on the way. As you can probably see from the droplets on the open bloom, it wasn’t the first rain of … Continued
Thirteenth Night
I was brought up believing that Twelfth Night came on the 6th of January – a subject upon which my mother brooked no discussion – but according to Wikipedia you start counting from Christmas Day, not Boxing Day, and the … Continued
Christmas bokeh
More Christmas nonsense today, as time was pressing heavily on me and the poinsettia and the tree were both readily available. This morning R and I did more tidying and cleaning, and then he went off out with a shopping … Continued
Redemption
I lay awake worrying for most of last night, listening to the wind crashing around, and the house creaking and groaning – and just to add insult to injury, the music I didn’t get to sing in front of an … Continued
Peace at last
I did a huge amount of gardening today – pruning several shrubs, including two which had become so overgrown they’ve been threatening to engulf the whole village. With my joints currently grumbling loudly, this wouldn’t have been possible without the … Continued
