Of all the little jobs that needed doing, the boiler room seems to have always dropped off the priority list. …
A harrowing experience
Notice all the trees in our now visible Ash Forest 🙂 Well now that Sand has Sooooo much time on her hands, she decided to de-Bramble the wall between the Garden and the First Field. As you can see, she has been going at full pelt. While raking the bank a few stones became dislodged and underneath some of them, she counted two Slowworms and a Lizard escaping for cover. I expect by the…
Greenfinches & stuff
Just seen a pair of Greenfinches on the Ash tree in the Garden mound. While Sitting in the conservatory having a cup of tea a brown speckled Butterfly flew – or blew – past. Not sure if the type , but probably a small Tortoiseshell. Today started off with finishing clearing all the bramble from the driveway that Sand started last week. We don’t seem to have taken a before, but this is what…
Walking the policies.
Having a walk through the policies noting what’s been growing early this time of year….
Greater Periwinkle, Hairy Bitter Cress & Herb Robert
We seem to have a rather large section right in the corner at the bottom of the garden, where Greater Periwinkle is growing. It is quite an expansive area, so must have been growing for a few years – I wonder why we have missed seeing it before. Also seen the first sighting this year of Hairy Bitter Cress and….. ….Herb Robert, although is not a particularly nice specimen.
The Star Inn. Porkellis
Third time lucky trying to eat at the Star Inn in Porkellis. Despite the limited menu – which can be a good sign- the Haloumi Burgers were delicious. We even got our own personalised Table Reserved sign. Yummy. Forgot to take a piccy before we destacked it – it was a good 6 inches high.