When we moved to this house, there was no wood burner in the massive old inglenook hearth of this funny old house. It was largely as it always had been- an open fire with smoke escaping up into an opening, four foot by three foot, at the bottom of the chimney. When the fire was… Continue reading Staying warm-5th March 2022
Category: March 2022
Gloves and Secateurs-4th March 2022
It’s March. The garden is awake and the roses need pruning. The roses are going to grow whether I prune them or not, of course. Today’s pruning exercise showed up all the places I had missed in the past or where hands other than mine had made their own choices. Hum.. The roses don’t care… Continue reading Gloves and Secateurs-4th March 2022
Finding beauty everywhere-3rd March 2022
Ah yes, my old friend the mug. You are seeing it in different places around the house as it is a daily companion . Again, that East light through the window. Does anyone else find mornings to be a peaceful time? I would guess not, in most cases. The rush to get other members of… Continue reading Finding beauty everywhere-3rd March 2022
Seeing with new eyes-2nd March 2022
I am so mindful of the things we are experiencing in the world as I write this. We are now seeing horrors in Europe that we had hoped we could relegate to the past. They have never stopped happening, of course. Mankind has a particular talent for inflicting misery on his fellow man and another… Continue reading Seeing with new eyes-2nd March 2022
Trousers repair-1st March 2022
What was it John Lennon said? “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” Hum. Yeah. I had planned a different picture for today and had already written different thoughts to go with that other photo. But, things happen. Yesterday, I managed to tear a little three-cornered hole in my very favourite… Continue reading Trousers repair-1st March 2022
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