Soap box – it takes all sorts

OK, I give in. After a close interest in my blog it’s time to let him indoors to have a spot where he can do his thing.  It’s only fair, we share pretty much everything else so why not this blog. He’s been a real supporter to me since I started this blog,...

Boys will be boys!

No garden blogging today, it’s raining again and blowing a gale.  It’s a bit of a relief though as the thought of wielding a spade today was too much for me.  My back is fine and the legs just about OK which is a huge relief.  I guess I must be building...

Isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing?

I’ve had one of those days where the benefit of hindsight has done nothing but frustrate me.  I could have saved myself huge amounts of effort and pain had I thought to do something at another time. This is not all doom and gloom, in fact some great things...

Steps to be pleased about

Despite the continued misery of our lone duck, I was delighted to see that our ducks who live in Maymourn on the route to the station are still alive and doing well.  Here’s a picture of mum with two of the ducklings.  There are other ducklings which I...

Spring colours to make you smile

This is Jim’s tractor.  He’s our neighbour who sold a bit of his land so we could build our dream home.  When I pass this tractor it always catches my attention.  You can’t miss it’s bright red colour. The tractor doesn’t move far...