My son has just turned 21. We moved here the day he was due. Tim was born right here, peacefully and safely at home. I guess that make...

There’s been a lot of focus on the blessings this time is for introverts. Yay for them. I love slow solitude at the best of times. Duri...

The plea for donations keeps coming.  More money to rescue more animals. More money for relief organisations like the Red Cross and ...

Mid-winter is when my favourite treasure bursts into spectacular bloom.  A Vulcan Magnolia tree.  Its rich magenta flowers are as big ...

It’s been a deliciously damp drizzly Saturday with very welcome wet weather and the cool change at last. It is more cosy to stay home th...

We can find hidden beauty wherever we are. I discovered these beautiful dahlias growing wild amidst the weeds and grasses down in ...

Out the back door,  down the steps, through the hedge,  behind the shed Is a pile. A mucky messy pile. The scraps of life. Fr...