Category: Gardening

“Oh, the summer time is coming …”

I’ve been out in the garden today after a busy (and very wet) weekend where I didn’t do a great deal other than sit and knit.  Oh, it was bliss! The garden, however, didn’t...

Sunday catch up

It’s end of the school holidays at last – small daughter had a week off to herself last week whilst big daughter was back at college – but finally the day has arrived when...

Easter weekend

Here in the UK, those of the Christian faith have been celebrating Easter this weekend.  It’s a busy time in the church calendar and for those who are not church-goers, it’s a lovely long...

Mid-January

It’s nearly halfway through the first month of the year.  The time is moving scarily fast and whilst that would seem to be taking us to the Spring more quickly, I’m not so sure...

Reasons to be cheerful

Ugh.  It’s been a rather grim, wet week.  I haven’t seen the sunshine much at all except for the odd brief flash of it here in Winwick and on other people’s blog photos which...

Whatever the weather

It seemed as if Winter was arriving all of a sudden at the beginning of the week; after a cold and blustery weekend we woke to frost on Monday morning and the lowest temperatures...