Month: February 2024
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Coastal Odysseys
Over the past couple of months, we’ve had the opportunity of visiting both west and east coasts of the British Isles: west to the Mull of Galloway; east to Whitley Bay north of Newcastle upon Tyne. We went in our ancient motorhome, Harry Hymer by name. Of course, here in the UK, you’re never far…
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The clock re-setter and the over-wintering butterfly
One doesn’t usually associate clock maintenance with large rubber mallets, a stiff piece of hardwood, and assorted mole grips, nor does one expect to see a small tortoiseshell butterfly fluttering by at the beginning of February. So today I’m musing about the unexpected, as remarkable experiences in an observed life. I’m getting more efficient on my…
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The harbingers of hope
Snowdrops, when they appear, are such a delight, but nowhere more so than when they’re in one’s own garden, as the dreich of January flushes itself out. And with these harbingers of hope, we’re finding that work we’d been planning is finally beginning, as if the world around us has suddenly woken up and has…
Roads to Joy 