What with one thing and another the morning ran away from me, and it was after 2pm when I finally made it into the garden. By this time it was unseasonably hot, and many bees and flies were unhappy enough … Continued
How can it be April already?? Especially given that I still seem to be bogged down in January’s tasks. I need to sort my life out, and soon. Sigh. I did my best today, spending most of it alternately excavating … Continued
We suffered another stomach-lurching dip in the weather rollercoaster today – unexpectedly because it was far worse than forecast, and upsettingly given the number of inverts which have recently been lulled into emergence by a false sense of spring, and … Continued
When I say, as I do quite regularly, that Goldfinches aren’t as charming as their collective name and their melodious twittering might cause you to think they are, this is the kind of behaviour I have in mind. This male … Continued
