Circle of the Year

I've never added anything like this to my blog before but I do feel that the proposed sale of our national forests, particularly the an...

I don't think I can ever remember being able to work in my garden in January before but the last week has been almost springlike in my ...

B Baggins and I went down Shorts Lane and onto Blackamoor this morning, there were grey skies and a cold wind blowing. I saw the farmer plou...

This is a not very good photograph of one of two hazel trees that grow at the bottom of my garden. As I walked down to the compost bin a few...

Janus am I; oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and below I count, as god of avenues and gates, The years that through my...

As with the previous post I don't think I can improve on my Christmas post from last year so here it is again:) The Night Before Chri...

" So the shortest day came, and the year died, And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world Came people singing, danci...

Gracie asked for the recipe for cheese and onion tarts, it comes from a little book called Teatime Favourites which I bought from Sainsburys...

Took this photo of the garden this afternoon covered in a fresh fall of snow. Happily I refilled all the birdfeeders this morning, they...

You will need to click on the photos to enlarge them to see them properly. The river looked amazing this morning. The outdoor thermometer w...

Here is my personal entry for the Idiot of the Year contest! (Not B Baggins, that's just his 'this woman is absolutely nothing to d...