The Wit and Wisdom of White Van Man Continues

You may remember a few weeks ago a courier was so inspired by the view from our doorstep that he took to quoting Churchill? Well today I took deliver of a new mattress for Tom’s bed, after the two guys had hauled the thing upstairs for me (and lugged the old one back downstairs, so [...]

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Let’s Dance

Morris Men strut their stuff

As it’s the Summer Solstice today, a post that shrieks summer (and the  drinking of draught bitter)  you can read more about Morris dancing here or watch some dancing over there,

For some very different looking Morris men, try
Andyholmfirths photos on Flickr
I’ve read that Morris dancing is in danger [...]

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Hopping into Spring

 
When I was in the yard this morning, I thought I heard the phut, phut, phut of a quad bike coming across the fields, I was wrong, it was the sound of amphibian activity in the pond. Mr Froggy has gone a courting

The light was pretty dull and dismal this morning, but I’m sure [...]

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Gone Chitting

 
My friend is growing lots of different seed potatoes, she grows all sorts of organic vegetables and she keeps bees (I’m hoping one day to pluck up courage and go and photograph them, truth be told I am rather nervous of bees and wasps, I don’t have a very good reaction to insect stings.)

Seeing [...]

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Count Down

I’m not sure what the tally is, but our cat has been using up his nine lives; regular readers have met Dandy the cat before,

they might also remember that he fell in the pond back in the summer

He’s always shown a preference for drinking spring water from the pond, rather than tap water, [...]

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Warming the Parts

That other sunrises just can’t reach.
If you are a little bird and it’s been a very long and very cold night, the warmth of the morning sun must be very welcome

Technorati Tags: Garden birds, cold weather, robin, sunrise

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Patchwork

I find it hard to imagine our landscape without drystone walls

This shot, as the morning sun catches the tops of the hills on a frosty morning.
It’s not been as clear as this today, the day has been shrouded in low cloud, visibility has been poor and the temperature has never come above freezing; it’s about [...]

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Nutty Drivers

They don’t

In spite of repeated warnings the squirrels have continued to use excess speed.The only answer has been to confiscate the offending vehicle

Best get back up the trees guy’s, over at River Cottage they have been cooking up
Squirrel ragout (but not red squirrels obviously)
(Many thanks to Joe for post production [...]

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Effective Communications Strategy

When it comes to getting the message across, it’s not what you say, but the way that you say it.

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Taking the Biscuit

What’s in your biscuit tin; a metaphor for life.

I rang Mr Uhdd on his mobile, I wasn’t really expecting him to answer, as I knew he was ‘on a course’, my plan was to leave a message, but to my surprise he answered with ‘Oh I’m glad you’ve rung, I’ve got to do this ‘thing.’  [...]

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