Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
We drove out to our friends farm today. We were hoping to pick up an A-Frame chicken coop but we never did. It was way too big and wide for the trailer and was in disrepair. Unfortunately, the time needed to patch it up could be best used to build a new one. I've had … Continue reading Time Out
What a time. There is so much going on that The Looming Clouds of Overwhelm are deepening and darkening. Suffice to say that, being this close to Christmas, we will not be moving house until the New Year. And then some. overwhelm əʊvəˈwɛlm/ verb 1. bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, … Continue reading The Looming Clouds of Overwhelm
1 Nov - grape vine is starting to get nibbled at by tiny Vine Moth caterpillars. 4 Nov - Watercress around town in the streams continues to flower. By the end of the month the council had also slashed or mowed some of it down. 6th Nov - Native Christmas Trees begin to flower (pic … Continue reading Seasonal Observations for Nov:2017
Today the rabbit kits are thirteen days of age. Their eyes had now opened and they are moving about. One of the kits was making its first outing into the hutch from the nest. Prodding Blackberry for a bit of milk, though Blackberry was not willing to allow such a treat without the other two … Continue reading Rabbit Welfare
When I go out onto our raised deck I am hit with the perfume of Spring. Honeysuckle has always been in this garden since we moved in. It was just a small evergreen vine with leaves. I even confused it with a native plant until it got more water and care and took off with … Continue reading In Praise of Honeysuckle
Petit Paradis 