I’m not sad.

The light is changing, not simply that the days are shorter, the evenings closing in much earlier, the days brightening later in the morning and the nights longer than the days, but the quality of the light is changing and it gives a different feel to the garden. The angle of the sun is lower …

The Demands of Writing – and Looking back!

One can create one's own pressures in life; it's in the mind! Even such a light and trivial matter as an occasional blog brings certain demands with it - though the demands are all from myself, I should say immediately. As I write regularly, I also feel the need/demand to write regularly though I generally …

Walking the Property!

It was a phrase we used, this "walking the property", when we lived in a previous house with a very small garden. It was in a suburban housing estate and our first home. We were so proud of it and loved our garden and would walk around to check on this and that plant most …