Nelly's Garden

 One month and a day ago Helen, my favourite hen, disappeared from the hen run.  ...we had a call from Clint. Apparently, there were a lot o...

 Two goldfinches in the airport snack bar. One says to the other, Is it not near time we were heading to the departure gate? The other one, ...

I wrote Sister Benedicta over fifteen years ago. I'm so glad that my oldest granddaughter, going to her new school in September will no...

  Strange to see the toys we used to play with on an antique stall Evie and I planned this long-overdue day out last Monday. Big Sis was goi...

I never used to worry about leaving this place unattended. Just get in the vehicle and drive away with never a thought. These days it is all...

 ...or do they? I decided to move my primary bird feeder. It had been placed in the position that Pearlie had enjoyed, just outside the wind...

  Oh! I wisht the wee boys were here! Which is something Bert’s mother probably never said but it has been attributed to her and oft-repea...

Bert's birthday cake is traditionally served on Zoe's gardening day which is the day I make everyone supper. This has been going on ...

 Bert and I were at loggerheads yesterday because I suggested it would be a good day to spray some of the nettles in the orchard. I hadn...

Hannah's part of the yard is a Tanglewood of native trees, a few damsons and a large Chilean lantern tree (Crinodendron hookerianum). Ob...

Another bloody rainy day. I like a bit of rain now and again, as all gardeners do, but this is all a bit too much. It's windy as well. I...

  I had a good weekend, busy and productive. Planted tomatoes and lettuce in the tunnel. Weeded like a demon. Prepared ground for new planti...

  I set the trap out last night, the first time this year. The catch was paltry, three moths, none remarkable. For fear of rain I had i...

  The tulip was almost past its best and since that picture was taken (a week ago) I chopped off its head.  How did I get to be this many ye...

Matty told me she was chatting the other night to this old guy Davy about wee still. Davy was telling her that when he was young he was visi...

Both these novels were set in Edinburgh, where both authors now live although O'Farrell was, according to Wikipedia, born in Coleraine o...

  Snark Today supposedly marks 100 years since the creation of the Northern Irish state. Our council planted several trees in commemoration...

  We humans are not the only ones who have been locked up inside our homes because of a highly infectious virus. Outbreaks of Avian flu have...

Today is the 10th anniversary of our mother's death. Last night I spent an hour looking through photographs to pick a few favourites. A ...