Category: Gardening

Sunday

It’s been a lovely weekend here in Winwick. The sun has shone (apart from some fairly heavy showers early this morning), the air has been warm and I’ve had washing on the line –...

Garden day

I’ve decided that for the foreseeable future, as far as possible, that Thursdays will henceforth be known to me as Garden Day. My garden was in a bit of a sorry state by the...

Half term part one

Half term. It’s such a relief not to have to get up early to get ready for school and college, and the daily commute is now down to the kitchen for breakfast rather than...

Strawberries and Simon Drew

I had no intention of writing a blog post about Simon Drew, an artist I have long admired whose pictures are often based on a pun.  I was going to tell you all about...

Friday happy moments

The hyacinth on the windowsill has finally decided to flower. I’ve seen lots of beautiful hyacinths in blogland over the last couple of weeks but mine is a bit late to the party. Never...

Friday

It’s been a pretty damp and cold week this week.  Given the choice, I might well have been tempted to stay in bed for a bit longer, but there have been children to get...