Ravendale House

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.

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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.

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So there we are, I’ve said it. 2010 is officially my worst gardening year ever.

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Don’t you just love bees?

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Is it me, or do ants have one of the most futile lives of any creature?

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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.

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Isn’t this just an amazing photo?

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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.

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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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You know when Steve Redgrave famously said we had to shoot him if he ever went near a boat again?

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