Circle of the Year

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...

Bilbo Baggins and I went up on Blackamoor this morning, this is our usual morning walk these days. It was windy but very mild and, being ea...

Here we are again with my traditional Christmas Eve post:) The Night Before Christmas was always my children's bedtime story on Chr...

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

I thought I'd do a post about some of my Yule decorating, I still have to make a table centre and bring in my little live tree which go...

Clouded with snow The cold winds blow, And shrill on leafless bough The robin with its burning breast Alone sings now. The rayless s...

Roy Milner is one of the young men named on our local War Memorial. He was the younger son of the family who lived at Totley Hall and after...

Once again I've been rather busy and not had much time to either blog or comment recently. There was a rather large pile of letters to ...

A bit of back tracking is involved here as the visit to Wales was made in mid September just as the tail end of Hurricane Katia arrived in ...