Monthly Archives: June 2015

The remorseless task of mowing the ever-growing lawn had a small reward this week. A glint in the sun caught my eye and there nestled into the longer grass where the bluebells grew was a gold-foil-wrapped Easter egg, one of … Continue reading →

The cat looks at me in wide-eyed amazement that I am not pleased with the live and dead stock it brings into the house. However much I show, and voice, my displeasure it goes out and pursues another poor wee … Continue reading →

I heard experts on the radio talking about the phenomena of massive prices paid at auction for artworks. It was suggested that if a much sought after artist wanted possesion of a chateau, they might do a drawing of it … Continue reading →

Excitement in Yeovil – in July, on the twelth, a roving play performance takes place in Ninesprings Park with eight short plays being acted out by a youthful cast at locations round the park. Yeovil Creative Writers Present ‘Plays in … Continue reading →

This morning, well before five o’clock, there was a hearty dawn chorus. This was not the medllow calls of the bird world; it was a bovine chorus. The bulls, happy in the fields on either side of our valley, boasting … Continue reading →

As is apparent to any visitor these comments are a work-in-progress, the big bugbear being having to work with low speed broadband. We live at the end of an ancient phone line on rural Exmoor. The feed is minimal speed, … Continue reading →