Purple Daze
by
Rose-Bay Willowherb
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Waiting To Open
I have put up some mileage over the last ten days and seen blackthorns in all their beauty. Blackthorns and whitethorns, known as hawthorns in other countries, abound in our hedges and brighten up this time of year so much. The blackthorn flowers before it comes into leaf and the whitethorn comes into leaf before…
Today was a beautiful autumn day, the sun was shining brightly and the morning was crisply clear. We had a few wee showers but mainly it was a gorgeous day. We arrived back home last night and it was great to be home this morning to see the lovely day unfold. Luckily I was outdoors…
We have had a much better summer than in the last few years. There has been lost of sun and a generous amount of rain so the growth has been very lush. The grass has grown so quickly that we were nearly overgrown! The rushes on some of our land is waist high and has…
Before I started to blog myself I was reading a few blogs and I still am reading most of them on a regular basis. One of these blogs is “Small Notebook, for a simpler home.” I have always enjoyed the warm way in which Rachel Meeks shares her life experiences, stories and struggles as she…
It seems logical to me that the first Geeky Wednesday post is about the method that I use to connect to the internet. As you know if you are a regular visitor here, I live off-the-grid, which in general terms means that my household is not connected to the electricity grid, using instead alternative energy…
Where we live is considered by some city dwellers to be isolated and remote but it doesn’t feel this way to us and our nearest town is within easy reach by car, about twenty minutes if we don’t stop for a chat with neighbours met on the road. If we were riding horses, or relying…