I’m escaping for a short retreat so I’ll let my blog sit quietly for a few days. With over 5,500 posts there’s plenty of back catalogue for any visitors to go through!
19 April 2023
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Month: April 2023
18 April 2023
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Smart Move?
We finally had a smart meter fitted today. I say finally because the first attempt was at least a year ago. At that point, it turned out the engineer couldn’t get easy access to the incoming electrical supply because of … Continue reading
17 April 2023
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Sweet Peas at the Allotment
Jane started some sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) recently and planted quite a few in the back garden today. I took the rest up to the allotment. I had a space in the old polytunnel frame which will end up being … Continue reading
16 April 2023
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Urban Folk Tales
I felt predisposed to like Urban Folk Tales by Y Rodriguez (picked up recently from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers programme). It sounded like the kind of piece that would be up my street; interesting characters in a landscape layered with … Continue reading
15 April 2023
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Nelson Slices
Jane and I popped into a café this morning, after popping into town to see an excellent (and sadly now finished) display of woven art pieces in The Sock Gallery. My eye was caught by some square cakes, with a … Continue reading
14 April 2023
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Spring Harvest at Home – completed(ish)
The live material from Spring Harvest at Home came to an end this morning as the event wrapped up. However, I’ve still got until the end of the month to watch bits I missed and to rewatch other sections again. … Continue reading
13 April 2023
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Sound Travels
Jane and I were up very early yesterday to walk to nearby Dishley Pool for a dawn chorus walk led by the RSPB. Compared to later in the day, the weather was glorious and the brightening sky was wonderfully clear. … Continue reading
11 April 2023
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Inching towards completion
Over the past couple of days, I’ve slowly made further progress on the polytunnel – the ventilation screen yesterday, finishing battening down the covering and starting to bury some of the skirts today and, still to come, the important step … Continue reading
10 April 2023
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Spring Harvest at Home
One of the (I think) positive things about the COVID-19 pandemic was that certain things that would have been marked ‘impossible’ in the past rapidly became possible. Calling up your gran for a quick web conference? Suddenly, everybody learned a … Continue reading
9 April 2023
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Happy Easter 2023
As the title says!