Winter’s End & Spring’s Beginning

Winter’s End & Spring’s Beginning

Winter’s End and Spring’s Beginning   This seems to have been a long, dreary winter. For us here, in central Scotland, our photos record some snow and the there were some sunny, frosty days but it is hard to recall them as there has been such a long stretch of...
Golden Oaks and Unicorns

Golden Oaks and Unicorns

golden leaves, ankle deep This is my favourite time of the year. Many of our trees look stunning as their leaves gradually change colour and fall to the ground, creating glowing carpets of crisp, golden leaves, ankle deep on pavements and verges. Trees such as Oak,...
Golden Oaks and Unicorns

Autumn is upon us.

A beautiful sight We have been picking apples this week. What a wonderful sight to see all our trees laden with shining red, golden or juicy green fruits. As they are still quite young trees, we have no bother reaching the top branches and so it is an easy and...
Camouflaged Cats and Green Elf Cups

Camouflaged Cats and Green Elf Cups

Cool, Damp Summer This has been a cool, damp Summer and, so far, our weed-laden soil has produced an extraordinary amount of greenery. When weeding we use large, white ‘builder’s bags’ to transport the weeds to the composting area. As our compost bins are huge we need...