As usual, we have been racing against time to get new projects underway, both inside and out. Spring this year seemed to come early - we were eating dinner on [...]

During the cold winter months, we meet up with our nearby friends to play 'Belote' in the evenings - it keeps us in touch with everyone and passes away the [...]

It's been fun to look through the photos I've taken over the year, some from visiting friends and family, some from projects we have been realising around the house and [...]

At the start of last year, so just under a year ago now, we gathered some sloe berries (Prunus spinosa) in the hedgerows. We pierced the skins and put them [...]

I'm actually quite horrified to see that my last blog was back in March, some nine months ago! More than once in between, I thought I'd draft something but due [...]

It has been an odd few months, weather-wise, to say the least...  Unlike last year, we've had very few days of sunshine and opportunities to get out into the garden [...]

It can only be described as a miserable time of year - Christmas and New Year celebrations are over, the decorations have been packed away and the weather is grey, [...]

December arrived with a flurry of snow - all the more Christmassy for putting up our decorations!!  It took 2 days to complete the exercise but we love them and [...]