Another lovely day. We feel that spring is very definitely here now. The time of renewal is upon us. The seasonal cycle is a regular topic of conversation, and the question, “What’s your favourite season?” is a popular one. I find the question difficult to answer. For me, life is diversity, choice and change. Variety, [...]
A green woodpecker has been laughing at us for a couple of days now. Yesterday, as we enjoyed a perfect day in the garden, he seemed to be everywhere at once. It’s always the same with our Yeckle – heard but not seen. Rob the Grass dropped in this morning to check the state of [...]
Following our visit to Trealy Farm on 1st March, we were looking forward to visiting the stall at Monmouth Farmers’ Market today. At the time of our visit, stocks were severely depleted as a result of some publicity in the Guardian so, although we enjoyed sampling a few goodies during an informal lunch with Graham, [...]
All that talk about Aberfeldy and our little sojourn in Perthshire and I forgot to mention the pheasants. I can sense that you are unmoved by this revelation, but then some of you must be aware by now that we are always on the lookout for pheasants of unusual hue. This time last year, the [...]
Remiss of me, I know, but I forgot to mention that we ‘had the builders in’ while we were away. For some time now (actually, ever since we moved here) we have been talking about getting rid of the ghastly electric 4-plate ceramic hob that we inherited. Each to their own, but how anyone can [...]
We’re back! Back from Aberfeldy in Perthshire, that is, where we had gone to meet Doctor Walter Yellowlees, author of a book called ‘A Doctor in the Wilderness.’ We had both read this book recently and found it so inspirational that we feel it should be required reading for anyone who is concerned with health [...]
Well, good news for some of you, bad news for others, depending on your point of view. The fact is, we have to be away for a few days ‘on business’, as they say (and which we all know means ‘a bit of business and a bit of pleasure’. So the diary will resume a [...]
If there’s one thing that always fascinates me, it is our native place names. Now, I don’t want you thinking I’m just a sad old anorak, but I just can’t help myself, and every time that I have occasion to pore over a map, my eyes are always distracted by the names that jump out [...]
Well, it’s back. The weather, that is. After a glorious day on Saturday, the clouds moved in just in time to obscure the total eclipse of the moon that I had been looking forward to all day. Come Sunday, we awoke to steady rain which lasted all day. Two of our guests braved the elements [...]
The cloud of gloom that hovered over my head yesterday was soon dispelled as the day dawned bright and sunny. We had planned a trip to Trealy Farm, near Monmouth, and this looked as if it was a perfect day for it. Anyone who has been to any of our local food festivals, or to [...]