Gatekeeping
This afternoon we had a short visit from the Family B, who (quite coincidentally) were also in Nottinghamshire yesterday, and called in on us to break their journey home to Wales and allow the boys to run off some steam. … Continued
Just a Gatekeeper
I was doing a bit of moderately enjoyable gardening this morning (thank you Stihl), when a small brown butterfly whizzed past me and disappeared over the wall into the next-door garden. Someone who’s been fooled* less often than I have … Continued
Gatekeepers
The (excellent) decorator who’s currently painting the outside of our house was using a cherry picker today, to get him safely up to the chimneys, and needed to run a generator at regular intervals to power it. After a while … Continued
Gatekeeper
Dealing with a combination of the heatwave and an unexpected joint flare, I was good for pretty much nothing today, and spent most of it sitting in a deckchair in the shade near the wildlife pond, reading a book. Various … Continued
Gatekeeper
Today was another warm but windy day, with scudding clouds and bright though patchy sunshine. But despite the changeable conditions, the invertebrates couldn’t wait to come out to play after the recent dreary few days, and the garden was humming … Continued
Gatekeeper
It was going on for 8pm when I took this photo, by which time I was starting to wonder what I was going to be able to post today. It’s been such a hot day that there was virtually nothing … Continued