Beautiful Beech
Note: not all of my images made it through the import process, some were lost in a photo sharing program I used to use.
I am every day amazed by the loveliness that is around me here on the hill. How lucky am I to live here?
Death comes to us all My mother passed away at the end of May, just a few short weeks ago. She had been trapped in the strange world of Alzheimer’s disease for a number of years, slowing disappearing, little by little. We were so lucky that she didn’t lose her sweet character, her love of…
I have just read a great post over on Mark’s Daily Apple about honey and whether it is a safer sweetener than other sweeteners on the market. There is often a lot of confusion over what is or isn’t a healthy choice of sweetness – some even argue that sweetness is entirely unnecessary in a…
We try to go camping as much as we can every summer, especially near the sea when we can as we love snorkeling and free-diving. This year we have not been to the sea as often as previously however we have still had some great camping experiences. Last month I went to the International Taoist…
I don’t quite know what it is about dark Autumn and winter evenings that inspires me to knit or crochet. It happens each year without fail. Despite this my knitting skills have not really improved very much. I tend to knit simple things like scarves that require no pattern and I don’t have to worry…
Note: not all of my images made it through the import process, some were lost in a photo sharing program I used to use. Today was a very wet rainy day and I only got outside for a short walk between the showers so I did some catching up on reading books and blogs and…
Over the last few weeks we have made great progress with our house building project. We finished putting up all the rafters by ourselves which was very satisfying. After that came the job of applying the ventilation membrane, a modern version of roofing felt. We were luck enough to have help for this job as himself doesn’t do heights so…