(nasturtium overwintering in greenhouse) I like to think of myself as living a fairly green life style, but I know I’m not perfect. I also know that out of convenience, or laziness, I’ve dropped a few greener choices, which kind of bothers me. So I am going to challenge myself. […]
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Toad on the road
It’s toad time of year again. Usually I post about the toadlets, but this year I thought I’d include the adults. Now is the time when the adult toads are meeting up and heading down to the local ponds at night. “Going to find girlfriends, ” as TF loves to […]
Read moreLearning to love the daily walk
The thing about parenting is that just because you succeed with one child, in a certain part of their life, it does not mean you have the answer for all the children that follow. It could be encouraging them to read, finishing a meal or going to bed. They are […]
Read moreNot letting the weather stop them
Yesterday, it rained, hailed and snowed, and all before it was 9am. Like the rest of Somerset, we have had record breaking rain fall this winter. The land is saturated. When it rains, the lanes turn into streams, as the water runs off the fields. Some stretches are best described […]
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