How many gentle flowers grow in an English country garden?

Fear not as I am not going to start singing this old English folk song, let alone do the accompanying Morris Dancing. I’ve written before on my love of gardening and it was the garden here that partly inspired me to move in when Covid was starting. Back then the garden like the house was… Continue reading How many gentle flowers grow in an English country garden?

Modern day Grave Robbers who stole from my mothers grave

I wasn’t going to write anything today; I’ve had a chest infection which turned into bronchitis and then manifested itself into something like pneumonia for the last 10-12 weeks. I have been out of the house only a handful of times in this time, two of which were to lay flowers on the grave of… Continue reading Modern day Grave Robbers who stole from my mothers grave

A spring time walk through The Shire

With it being a long bank holiday weekend in the U.K. and horror of horrors, warm sunny weather, I have been out and about. Sitting in the sun, walking down quiet lanes, smelling flowers, watching nature and visiting the odd country pub. We’ve seen horses, foxes, turkeys, chickens, rabbits, deer and about 20 species of… Continue reading A spring time walk through The Shire