I started a memoir last year but hadn’t made a much progress until recently. Perhaps I wasn’t ready to write or maybe I hadn’t worked out what to write? It doesn’t matter. My thoughts have been slowly coming together as I grapple with my memories. It’s an emotional process, choosing the words that best recall […]
Learning about bluebells
I’ve been researching bluebells this week, to use as background in a chapter of my book. I’ve found useful information but have been sidetracked by pictures of bluebell woods in England. Masses of these glorious flowers (Hyacinthoides non-scripta – the English bluebell) are in bloom there now and, although the photos are beautiful, I am […]
Recording rainfall
For the past four years, we have kept rainfall records based on the amount of rain collected in our rain gauge. We have a lovely spreadsheet where we record the numbers by the day, with monthly and yearly totals. We have graphs! The spreadsheet provides valuable information about the microclimate at our place. I also […]
Citrus and embroidery
Ooh, a weekly catchup! I can probably only manage to recap three things in these regular posts, so let’s start a new month and see how it goes. After writing about orangeries a couple of weeks ago, I did buy a dwarf Imperial mandarin tree from the local nursery. Once it stops raining, I’ll plant […]