Things are growing apace round here. We’ve got the best crop of Docks and Dandelions ever, the Orchard is in full bloom, and the wild flowers we scattered two years ago are coming up again. We’ve finally had some dry weather and we’ve even had some sunshine. Temperatures have been 22C, and the days are …
Monday: I thought that once Uncle Ted and Auntie Mindy and their pups had left it would be nice and quiet again. We would have time to relax in the cottage and the pastures, I would have my favourite walks, and we might have a nice trip to the beach or wherever. It started well …
I have tried something different this time. I have uploaded a series of videos Phil and I took as I inspected and cleaned my dead honey bee colony/hive. These videos have spent a fair bit of time buffering when I have tried to watch them back. Let me know how you get on. But before …
I have had very exciting times. But you’ll have to wait to hear about them later in the diary! To start with, the month was just boring old rain, getting wet but no swimming in the river or burns because there was too much water. Mummy spent lots of time taking pictures of fungus-y things, …
The tag line to my blog site Sweetness and Light is ‘Rural Life Inspired by Faith.’ This tag line was very important to me when I started blogging because I was wrestling with ill health (or maybe God). No longer in the bustling town of Exmouth, living on the edge of Exmoor National Park, what …
Friday 1st March was my birthday, I turned 100 in human years. I got there despite my people being a bit silly – or careless. Or perhaps they thought I was old enough already. Anyway, more about that later! It has been busy since my last diary. First [though I wasn’t supposed to know about …
The woods are showing signs of Spring. Lots of green shoots are coming up through the damp soil: grasses, wild garlic, and bluebells are the ones I recognise. Honeysuckle vines are sprouting leaves, Hazels have both catkins and flowers. The bird songs are switching to mating calls and claims of territorial rights. it is lovely. …
My people get quite excited when what they call the New Year comes. First Mummy starts to talk about all the birds on the bird feeders – which is not a surprise because Mummy fills them with nuts – then when we go on my walks Mummy keeps seeing ‘fungi’ all over the place. She …
The weather has finally turned from warm(ish) and very wet to cold and dry. We’ve had a bit of snow, a bit of ice, and temperatures only just above freezing during the day. As the sun doesn’t rise high enough over the hill behind us, we get little direct light for most of the winter. …
Mummy is away. Papa hasn’t taken any photos. I am so depressed. Ok I am depressed, but I’ve bee thinking, and I’ve decided I CAN share some of what I’ve written.
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