July was the first whole month we have spent at home in a long time, and it showed in the amount we managed to get done on the house. The bees returned from their holiday to the field beans, and it has been lovely watching them on their favourite blooms in the garden when I’ve …
June started in very positive fashion, with the stonemason we had been waiting on for months finally being available to repair the cracked linted in the newly revealed large fireplace. We finally got the in line extractor installed in the ceiling above the shower room and changed the aged halogen lights for LED spots and …
February was a bit of a whirlwind. A very positive one, but a whirlwind nonetheless. Our 3 week San Diego house sit continued into the first week of the month, and because we thought it unlikely that we’d find ourselves in that part of the world again, we tacked a short road trip on the …
January was a month of huge contrast, as we spent the first 2 weeks at home in Scotland after returning from Christmas and New Year down south, but then the last 2 weeks were spent on our most adventurous house sit to date – in San Diego! We enjoyed the winter sunshine in Majorca last …
I’m a bit late updating this month, as I’ve been distracted playing with lino printing again, now I have a bit of studio space. There’s a long way to go to have it set up how I want it, but I set myself the challenge of making my own Christmas cards to get me started. …
Autumn is in full swing now and despite the best efforts of storm Ashley, the continuing mild weather has meant that the beautiful autumnal leaves have stayed on the trees for a little longer. Apart from a weekend dash down to Shropshire for a friend’s birthday party, we have been at home all month enjoying …
There is no question about the highlight of last month. We were so lucky to be in one of the UKs best dark skies areas to witness the most impressive Aurora Borealis show in 20 years. I still can’t quite believe we got to see this from our garden! Whilst it was much brighter through …
April was another busy month with both human and canine visitors, loads of new foraging opportunities and more destruction nasty surprises progress with the house projects. All around us there was new growth, new lambs every day and new birds returning from a winter somewhere warmer.