After all the designing and re-designing and searching for the materials and cussing and working… we have a woodshed. Anyone who thinks it’s too large needs to think that we have to have a roof over it, and a roof high enough off the floor that we don’t have to crouch when we go insideContinue reading “Ready for winter”
Tag Archives: Writing
Not quite Chicklit
I almost didn’t finish the story for the Globe Soup competition, but I don’t like being defeated by a writing challenge. The request was for a story with the theme “Knowledge is Power”, word limit 2,000 words, and I was put into the group asked to write in the genre Chicklit. I hate the term,Continue reading “Not quite Chicklit”
Jelly Roll Julia
Last year, I managed to get 1.5 kilogrammes of fruit from our John Downie crabapple tree, and made one jar of crabapple jelly from it. It looked like molten rubies and tasted sharp and sweet together. I said then that I would make sure of gathering the fruit from that tree earlier next year, ofContinue reading “Jelly Roll Julia”
Cressing Temple Barns
A good day out, and an amazing place. Cressing Temple Barns dates back to 1137, with the barns themselves built in the 13th century. The Tudor Knot garden is a reconstruction of a typical Tudor pleasure garden, and a real joy to walk in. We were given the tour by a volunteer guide and spentContinue reading “Cressing Temple Barns”
Putting the garden to rights
We arrived home from our visit to friends on Monday and unloaded the plants I’d bought on our nursery tour. There were – a lot of plants. I wanted to plant them all this week, but the weather’s playing jokes. From cold and dry in April to wet and mild in May to warm andContinue reading “Putting the garden to rights”
Well, I’m back
I’ve been quiet for a while. The demons I’ve been painting were carefully placed outside the back door (yes, I repainted the eyes yellow… and they do look better). The Crazy Cat Lady story didn’t make the top ten, so it’s currently homeless. It did better than the cyberpunk fairy tale, which didn’t get aContinue reading “Well, I’m back”
Do you believe in fairy tales? Naaah…
It’s been a week of amazing weather, even for the soft south of Britain. Up to twenty degrees outside in our garden; a few hours in a couple of days when we can wear shorts and T-shirts outside, and each day tempting us out to dig over the garden, check over the vehicles (which haven’tContinue reading “Do you believe in fairy tales? Naaah…”
A Walk in the Woods
We woke to snow again. It had started to thaw last night, but the temperature dropped far enough to form long icicles on the gutters and freeze the surface of the pond. A light dusting of snow on the pond stayed throughout the day. We took a long walk down to our local wood andContinue reading “A Walk in the Woods”
Closed until further notice
The only people still cheerful about snow out here are kids and big kids like me. We’ve had a strong blast of cold air straight from Russia and Scandinavia hitting the east of the country and dumping up to ten inches of snow on counties that are really not used to the white stuff. I’mContinue reading “Closed until further notice”
Now the year has really started.
Yesterday was another indoors day, and I used it to plant up the first seeds of the year. I’ve had the propogators set up for a week now; seed compost in modules, gently watered and plugged in to heat the soil. Yesterday I spent the whole day deciding which varieties I was going to plant,Continue reading “Now the year has really started.”
