Sep
1
2010
It’s All In The Weather
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We’ve just had a Bank Holiday weekend and as usual the weather was grim. Cold, wet and very windy.
One day while i was working in the picture gallery i'd started on a shoestring about ten years earlier i just decided i'd had enough of shopkeeping.
The truth is, i'd always wanted to live in the countryside with a bit of land to call my own and the chance to "do my own thing" -- in other words, be able to come out of my door without an audience -- make a nice garden -- play loud music -- grow my own food. You get the idea.
So i was delighted when five years later i found myself the proud owner of Ravendale House, a renovated 19th century cottage out-in-the-sticks. With a completely lawned front garden and a small field attached, about ¾ acre altogether, it was a blank canvas.
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Aug
26
2010
A Couple Of False Starts
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Yesterday I decided to try out the newly mended lawn mower. The weather was warm, the grass dry, but I’ve had a ride-on mower long enough to know that things are never that simple.
Aug
25
2010
Good News
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Sometimes, even in a sleepy back-water like this, you have days that surprise you, and yesterday was one of them.
Aug
17
2010
2010 My Worst Year
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Aug
1
2010
Bee
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Jul
13
2010
Ants
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May
30
2010
Trying Times
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Well the last few months have been pretty trying, my mum died in November, my cat in December, one of my oldest friend in January, and a few weeks ago my dad died too.
May
8
2010
Ladybird
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Apr
12
2010
A Perfect Day
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Today, for only the second time I think, I am allowing myself to go ‘off topic’. That is because last Thursday we had rather a special day that I’d like to tell you about. But first we have to go back a few years.
Mar
30
2010
Hello Again
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I’m not one who normally suffers from the winter blues, but this year seems to be the exception.
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