I believe that this is my 3000th blip, which is pretty surprising given that I have a low boredom threshold and a strong track record of abandoning commitments. It says a lot about the community here that I find this … Continued
It was R’s birthday today – he’d rather I didn’t tell you which one, obviously – and in the wake of our recent busy family times he requested that the two of us have a quiet day at home, with … Continued
I’d wanted her to be a Brown Argus (which we do get in this village, though I don’t remember ever seeing one in the garden), and for a while I thought she was – largely because she was extremely skittish … Continued
Family weekend day two: a long hot one, spent mainly in the garden. We carried the kitchen table outside and put it under the gazebo, and had a kind of rolling buffet through the afternoon and evening. People came and … Continued
Family weekend day one: helping Grandma water the patio pots, and learning some interesting things about the way water behaves under pressure. The extra = the upshot. Word of the day: “Uh-oh!”
R and I are busy, busy, busy right now, with the family coming to stay at the weekend, so I didn’t have much time today to search the garden for invertebrates. I can say two things quite confidently though: we … Continued
