ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
Our garden opening season comes to an end on Monday and to be honest, I'm glad it's over for the year. It has been a slog keeping it from getting no worse than it already is and it's disheartening to put in a lot of extra work and still have it looking as battered as…
Storm Goretti was probably the big news of this week as far as the garden is concerned. The Met Office red warning area fell just a few miles short of us here and we didn't suffer any significant damage, though we were on edge for several hours. Aside from that, the cold spell seems to…
Well, that was no ordinary week. Storm Bram gave us a good dousing on Monday, accompanied by strong winds, so there is less than ever to feature this week. Please join in if you can, we need all the help we can get for our Six on Saturday meme. All you need is half a…
It's beginning to look as if summer hits the buffers next Tuesday, with a big Atlantic low incorporating the remains of Hurricane Erin arriving. I feel like a dying man in a desert eking out his last few drops of water with civilisation just visible on the horizon, a few days crawl away, praying the…
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