…and you know it’s hard to pretend… (With apologies to Supertramp) I’ve been getting a little fed up of all the wet weather recently. I don’t mind being out in the rain – providing I have the appropriate clothes on – but even I am not so excited by my allotment that I am going…
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I wasn’t going to bother with an End of Month View post for this month, partly because I wasn’t sure Helen was going to host the meme this month, with it being New Year’s Eve, and partly because it is so grey and dank out there the prospect of photographing the garden in its current…
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Snow on bamboo may be beautiful, but in all this cold weather I keep hearing stories of people with ruined holiday plans, who won’t manage to meet up with loved ones, who have spent days returning from travels including sleeping on airport terminal floors. Friends who awaken to collapsed ceilings in a child’s room due…
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Like most people across the UK I awoke yesterday to a Winter Wonderland. Grateful that I didn’t need to drive anywhere, I layered fleeces over my pyjamas, grabbed my wellies and my camera, and ventured out into the magical hush of fresh snow. There’s nothing quite like the sound of that crunch underfoot. The white…
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