And Lo, it is June So much for writing more, worst plan ever - instant writers block! It's not like there's nowt going, there's plenty & it's now June. The actual month of June. The month of Midsummer, mystical mayhem & Magic. The warmth of long summer days, of even longer summer twilights & the …
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Lockdown Hockey Cokey Had a chat with my Editor, she's a very important person, has many roles not just editorial. Sisterling, chief Giant Scone Maker, Head of Drama, The Aunt, & many more. I suggested a hat to denote her job title of Editor, I was thinking along the lines of the Editor character in …
Hibernation - The Extension If you were expecting monumental words & grandiose statements from me in this chapter regarding the current situation, I'm going to very much disappoint, I have none, not a squidge as it goes. It's a rum do & no mistake. Basically it’s about getting on with things as best we can, …
HIBERNATION So, this would be my fifth attempt at writing Chapter Four which let's face it is a pretty poor show. I've let you down, I've let myself down, I've probably let a whole bunch of other things down. It's all rubbish, it was all going so well wasn't it, words written with such vigour …
Harvest Whilst all this savagery has been carrying on, all the edibles currently growing in the wild place that is my garden have been quietly getting on with things. Doesn't that sounds nice. The chives, however, have sadly been washed out, trampled on so many times it's beyond the ridiculous & are in a right …
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September Chapter Two then. No pressure, I mean what do I actually write about, what do I actually show you now I've declared all that Chapter One to the world, hopefully excluding the neighbours, I mean that could be awkward. September is marching on, it's mostly wet, it's mostly warm, it's mostly heading in a …
I’ve always thought our garden a lovely affair. It’s satisfyingly wild, has more than its fair share of brambles, annoys the neighbours to head popping proportions, produces random harvests of edible fare with little human intervention. This includes such delicious things as red flesh apples, pears, chives, fairy strawberries, the very occasional courgette & of …
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I'm genuinely sad The Great British Bake Off has finished now. It does irritate me sometimes & I don't think I'm alone in that, but at the end of the day there's a prolific love of baking oozing from this programme, which I personally love. You can't beat a lovely well executed home made Victoria Sponge …
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My story starts with apples & some very unexpected pears. I have in my garden a somewhat misshapen apple tree, variety unknown. Possibly, maybe Pink Sparkle? The apples it produces are very special, they have pink & red speckled flesh & every year, as Autumn approaches I get excessively excited at the prospect of their …
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Well that's it, 2015 is almost over, 2016 beckons... Apparently this last year has been one of warmest on record, December certainly has been very warm, one small hint of my beloved snow & I wasn't even here to see it happen, oh the irony! It's exceptionally windy & tipping down with rain as I …
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