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Back in the spring I bought a beautiful passion flower called ‘Blue Sky’ – I was delighted with it, but it failed within a couple of weeks of being planted. It was obvious that the stem had been damaged just … Continued

I had a busy day today: Arthur had to go to the vet this morning to have his stitches out, and then after his car was returned by the body repairers R and I had to go to Stratford to … Continued

One of R’s birthday presents from Child One was a two-hour archery experience at Cotswold Archery, which is now located in the lovely setting of Batsford Arboretum, and today she came home to join him in playing with bows and … Continued

It was a lovely day today – though it didn’t get off to a very good start. When I had the dogs out for their morning walk we met the nastiest dog in the village – a corgi cross – … Continued

Stanway is a 15-span viaduct on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, which is a heritage railway running from Toddington Station north to Laverton Halt (just a short distance north of the viaduct) and south through the lovely market town of … Continued

This is Alchemilla mollis, which I found last year underneath another plant I was moving. It only had one leaf at the time, which I recognised just as I was about to pull the two plants apart and discard this … Continued

Apologies for the fact that I just gave most of you over a certain age an ear worm – I’ll try to replace it with something else at the end of this blip. So, the builders have finished – yay! … Continued

With bonus hoverfly – not that you’re surprised by that. Don’t quote me, but I think she might be Platycheirus albimanus, the white-footed hoverfly. I’ve been stuck at home again today, acting as the interface between R, who was elsewhere on … Continued

Well, it is Tiny Tuesday – what more excuse do I need! I had a good run this morning, actually. I got a drop that didn’t drip on a freshly-opened lily bloom, and a minute green fly on a pink … Continued

Lots of people have secrets in their lofts: Chippendale chairs, old family photos, gold ingots, collections of vinyl albums from the 1970s, the odd Vermeer that doesn’t match the current sitting room decor… I’m sure you have all of these and … Continued