Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower – Albert Camus, French philosopher, author and journalist. I must agree as I watch the hardworking flowers from my garden slowly die back allowing leaves from the surrounding trees to lay down their dense and colourful carpet. And not for the first time I […]
I have been both surprised and delighted by my garden this spring and summer. The newly planted Wildflower Garden has provided daily colourful pickings and I hope it will go on to offer continuous colour until the first frosts. And I am keen on preserving flowers from the garden as much as I can to […]
I promise you the following conversation actually took place. “You do know that ones got a huge split in the wood don’t you” said Mr M. He was addressing an off-cut of scaffolding board which I was turning into a pot stand for hot dishes on the patio table. “I’ve got better ones you could […]
It is not in my nature to over promise and under deliver. I’m not a great fan of living life that way however I have to come clean right away. There is no secondary craft as promised here last week. I couldn’t do it… quite simply I could not carve up the pink tablecloth. I […]
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