With Lachlan on a new work placement, mum and I are back on dog walking detail. Autumn seems to be trying out different weather moods. Over the course of a fortnight we have yomped across the fields in the blazing sun, battled the wind along the river path and drizzled our way through dripping woods.Continue reading “Garden Manumission”
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Flibbertigibbet
Oh dear, somehow I just can’t get myself back into any kind of sensible routine. I am just skittering and dittering. I start the day, as often as not, with some kind of plan but it takes but the flap of a butterfly wing to derail me. I have taking to rising and donning myContinue reading “Flibbertigibbet”
Round and round the garden
I may not have been posting much the last few weeks, but the garden paths, and the weeds, have taken a pounding and, when not abandoned on the edge of the compost bin, my trusty phone has recorded the highlights. So here are some late summer treasures before we entirely vanish into Autumn……
Sizzle and Hiss
Well, whilst the rain pelts down against the garret door I’ll just do a bijou update on the garden as we cruise from June to July. Curiously, perhaps with the early frost then burning dry patch, everything seemed to come out in a helter skelter all at once and hang around well past the scheduledContinue reading “Sizzle and Hiss”
Midsummer madness
It seems quite a while since I last sat down with an hour or so to spare…but here I am at last. It is ferociously hot. The laptop fan is is humming away, staving off meltdown, and in similar vein I am tooled up with a pint glass of ice and a mint ice creamContinue reading “Midsummer madness”
Halfway May
It’s been a while since I have posted a round up of developments in the garden and now that May is half way through I think it’s well past time I brought you up to date. By the end of April the orchard was waking up and all around the edge the pears had comeContinue reading “Halfway May”
Out of Office
We have vacated the homestead for a week in the highlands (of which more anon) so this is the last report from Ruthven for a while. The days before we left were a welter skelter of trying to hoof out the worst of the shepherd’s purse and other muscular self seeders from the borders inContinue reading “Out of Office”
Inter Alia
A welter of birthdays, visiting offspring, family reunions yet more birthdays and sic like affairs have come between me and my keyboard of late. However, following yet another bout with mum’s insurers (the product was ironically entitled “RBS Elite” – god help those in steerage is all I can say…), I find myself with anContinue reading “Inter Alia”
Splish Splash
After the full compendium of weather recently, there’s been a growth spurt in the garden, especially in the pond. Serenading breaks out whenever there’s a glimpse of sun. We have basso profundo toads in the bottom pond rising through baritone in the stream and a few countertenors under the top pond bridge. World weary femalesContinue reading “Splish Splash”
The lure of the infinitesimal white dot
An unfortunate brush with a butter burr on the way home from a tramp around the fields recently necessitated some unscheduled canine hair brushing. Lyra must have realised the dreadful consequences of her decision to explore the undergrowth in the little wood almost immediately as, rather than linger chatting to the coos with me atContinue reading “The lure of the infinitesimal white dot”