Ravendale House

We have a new visitor to the garden, in the shape of a moorhen.

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We’ve had loads of snow here over the last few weeks, much more than in the last 11 years. No gardening going on, but I found this picture which made me smile. Perhaps I’ll go out and build a snowman!

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I’ve spoken before about my garden birds and how I love watching their antics in and around the bird feeder. Well today I’ve been concentrating my attention on a thrush. (more…)

Spring

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I know I’ve been a bit absent recently. That’s partly because I’m not doing any gardening at the moment, but also because we’ve just had the most stressful 8 weeks imaginable.

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Yesterday teatime I was in the kitchen making the tea, it was about 4.10pm.

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The gardening year is like well written prose, punctuated like it is with er –  – – – – – well, punctuations!

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My mum used to say that at her great age she’d seen everything, but in truth there’s always something new and exciting to see however old you are. Take this week as an example.

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I think my body is still operating under British Summer Time. We put the clocks back 3 days ago and yet I’m still waking up at 7.15am instead of 8.15am.

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Earlier in the year the flowering cherries were an absolute picture. Their white blossoms shone out to herald the arrival of my favourite season, Spring.

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