I love where we live in the West Sussex countryside. Often we wake up to the view of deer grazing in the field behind our house. The only downside is the state of rural communications. I’ve been quiet recently on the blog as we temporarily have no phone line, no internet and almost no mobile […]
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It’s been hard for Luce and Theo this August as there’s been too many rainy days. But when the sun was out they smiled and headed outdoors. And found a hill to play on with a blue sky as their backdrop. Theo naturally found a rock to add to his collection and then Luce began to sing.
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I wish I had more spare time. August is full of so many rewards in nature’s gardens. I’ve been foraging, collecting, drying, making and simply admiring flowers and fruit growing in our garden and nearby. But Luce and Theo are still home on holiday and my wonderful mother is visiting so there never seems to be
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A couple of days ago I looked out of my kitchen window and saw the rain bird. Since then we’ve had two days of rainstorms. The green woodpecker with its bright plumage strolled on our lawn occasionally pausing to stare at bunches of blackberries hanging over the fence. It was in no hurry as if
In past late summers a simple pleasure would be those walks in search of blackberries growing in hedges, woodland and grassland. “Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries, Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly, A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a sea Somewhere at the end of it,
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Every day I wake up to the sound of swallows twittering away outside my window – all perched on a line. This weekend I watched as mama swallow – I presume it was the mother – took turns feeding her fledglings on a wire just outside our kitchen window. I soon knew when this parent was about to swoop in as
