May Day

I’m away for the May Day Bank Holiday weekend in Hampshire, and the world has changed. The weather atrocious, the journey down was difficult and tiring, but today, it is perfect. I’ve always adored early May. The early spring has gone, Easter, which has always been a busy time for me, has passed and finally […]

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Mid Winter

It’s that time of year again, the end of November, turning into December. As I write, it is less than a month from the winter solstice. Everything becomes greyer, the dark shadows expand, and corners of rooms disappears. The leaves are at the end of their tether, with great mashes of mulch on the roads […]

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