Snow day
It was a surprise to wake up to snow – and not a welcome one, because I’d been planning on going out birding. But there are no reliable bird sites closer to home than about a fifty minute drive, and … Continued
Bancroft Gardens
First thing after breakfast this morning I loaded the slow cooker with a huge batch of ragu, and then set off for Stratford with R to run some errands. Despite yesterday’s deluge, we were unprepared for the discovery that the … Continued
Billy No-mates
For the past few days the garden has been full of green shieldbugs, resplendent in their breeding plumage, pairing up and having fun. Just a few singletons appear to have been left out of the festivities, and this unlucky chap … Continued
Stormy
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It was so stormy overnight that this morning I had to retrieve a large garden rubbish bucket, which yesterday was tucked into what’s normally a sheltered space between the patio wall and the back wall of the house, from half … Continued
Vantage point
R and I have had a quiet day today. Both of us are a little anticlimactic after yesterday’s Christmas concert, and the weather hasn’t helped to pep us up: it was sleeting at 9am, and raining by early afternoon, and … Continued
