16 Mar 2024
View of our back garden - NOT amateur radio
1 Dec 2023
Cold!!! - NOT amateur radio
26 Nov 2023
Neighbour's garden - NOT amateur radio
This was a neighbour's garden last week. His grass is still growing. My grass could do with one last cut.
12 Nov 2023
Leaves - NOT amateur radio
At first, we have to accept that things are asleep following cycles that have been the same for thousands of years.
Basically I like the seasons.
See https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44400/spring-and-fall . This poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins to me says so very much.
11 Jul 2023
Our garden in summer - NOT amateur radio
4 Jun 2023
12 May 2023
Cold and wet? - NOT amateur radio
1 May 2023
Stubborn - NOT amateur radio
This plant was dead, so I thought I would just dig it up. Two days later, yes two days, I eventually got it up. Whenever I thought I was there, I found yet more deep thick roots! I have never, ever struggled so hard.
22 Apr 2023
Spring in the garden - NOT amateur radio
Spring is a lovely time of the year. Everything springs into life after what seems like a long winter. Summer migrant birds are returning from Africa and the blossom is at its best. The birds are singing and building nests.
On the trees, the leaves are a fresh green, whereas later they look tired. Blossom is ephemeral. In a few days it will be gone until next spring and so the cycle goes on.
The photo shows spring in our garden.
5 Apr 2023
3 Oct 2022
Tea in the garden - NOT amateur radio
Even though it is October 3rd, we had a cup of tea in the garden in shirt sleeves. I cannot imagine this being possible for much longer before the spring.
26 Oct 2021
Coffee in the garden - NOT amateur radio
19 Oct 2021
Autumn garden - NOT amateur radio
26 Aug 2021
Garden flowers - NOT amateur radio
Most of the flowers in our garden have passed their best. Some still look good whereas others are starting to look a bit tired. We will put winter flowering plants at the front and new bedding plants in late in the spring. Some, as the photo shows, look good still.
It is funny how the nights get so much darker earlier at this time of the year. The rate of change speeds up and the change is noticeable.
7 Jun 2021
15 May 2021
Gardening yesterday - NOT amateur radio
27 Apr 2021
Garden blossom - NOT amateur radio
1 Apr 2021
Tea in the garden - NOT amateur radio
15 Nov 2020
Garden in autumn - NOT amateur radio
The photo shows our front garden today.
Most leaves have now gone. It will be fun to await the new buds in the spring. I also look forward to seeing the first migrant birds back from Africa. Before that we have the birds from the Arctic and Scandinavia who think we are warm! Maybe this year I'll see a waxwing.