Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Summer in one day

  With the summer continuing changeable, one is almost taken aback by a bit of warm sunshine.  Wednesday provided the whole of this season in one day, with light rain followed by torrential rain, which cleared to warm sunshine, during … Continue reading

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Fresh Produce

We are at the time of the year when I remember my parents would begin to repeat the mantra about fresh produce in the garden.  “The beans are ready for picking”, “plenty of courgettes” or “please help yourself to lettuces … Continue reading

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Process or Results

“A dreaded Sunny Day, So let’s go where we’re happy…Keats and Yeats are on your side”. So sang Morrissey with The Smiths. I like the line (as I like the Smiths) but I have had to carefully edit the Smiths … Continue reading

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