Nelly's Garden

  I’m aware that it’s been a while since I last posted to Nelly’s Garden. My excuse? I’ve said hello to the Norfolk branch of my family, th...

Our mother was born 100 years ago today. Here are seven photographs of her with each of her seven children. I think they show how much she e...

  Our next stop was Trefor, on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula. It was a short drive of just over an hour, so we arrived feeling fairl...

We left our Crickhowell lodgings on Sunday morning and set off on a pleasant drive north towards Dolgellau, travelling via Builth Wells and ...

It’s been a while. I took a trip. For eight days I was in Wales with my sister. She drove from London while I flew to Cardiff. I’ve been bac...

    When we first introduced nepeta, or catmint, to our garden, the intention was to bring pleasure to our cats Fred and Holly, and it certa...

  One from June 2016. I was right about Brexit and wrong about Trump. He has turned out even more of a disaster than I feared. Sorry Reader....