Ravendale House

Do you believe that an inanimate object can be jinxed, to the extent that it turns a normally sensible and rational person into a jibbering wreck, casting it’s dark shadow over their everyday life?  Well I do.

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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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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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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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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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Today we gave ourselves a day off and visited the annual open day of the Lincolnshire Trust For Cats, which is held not far from where we live. I love my garden as you know, but my first love is actually cats.

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Well it’s that time of year again. To paint or not to paint, that is the question. The outside of the house that is.

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Yes, we had a whirlwind last week and I missed it!

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Ornamental grasses. What’s all that about then? It’s a mystery to me, I just don’t get them.

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