A Simple Life of Luxury

Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means

Category: Hobbies & Pastimes

End of and Era - Before the Move 2

Aquarium

Aquarium Re-location

It seems to have been a week or so of re-locating ‘pets’. Last weekend it was relocating the beehives, this weekend, following on from the fish-tank leak it was time to re-locate the aquarium. Now or Never The latest news on the escalation of jobs associated with the fish-tank leak is that the new Aquatlantis Fusion 101...

Beehive Re-location 4

Beekeeping

Beehive Re-location

After a morning of training on Sunday, we had to move a couple of our beehives. The out Apiary in Llandre where we had been keeping them was due to have some building work nearby and the bank that they were on needed some stabilising work carried out in order to allow access to the building...

Plant Growth in our Aquarium 1

Aquarium

An Aquarium Leak Escalates

I noticed the other day that the water level in our fishtank was getting lower, after a quick investigation it was clear that it was leaking. There was water down the side of the tank, the wood supporting the tank was discoloured and damp and there were little pools of water on the things below...

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Family / Geocaching / Wales

New Year in St David’s

We were invited to spend a couple of days in St David’s. staying in a holiday home owned by some friends. We couldn’t go for long as we just so happened to be looking after their guinea pigs so couldn’t leave them for long but decided spend New Year there and make a start on...

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Family / MTB / Photography / Play / Wales / Weather

Let it Snow…

We didn’t get huge amounts of snow here, but it did start snowing quite heavily whilst Morgan and I were out Mountain Biking yesterday at Pendam. Once we’d finished biking and got into the car it came down really heavily again so Morgan took a quick video clip of the snowstorm as I drove along...

Receiving our Certificates 2

Beekeeping / Family

Beekeeping Assessment Presentation

We went to the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association Christmas Social on Tuesday evening. Held in Waunfawr Community Hall it was an ‘American Supper’ where everyone brings along a plate or two of food, a Christmas decoration for the tables and eat, drink and chat together. There was loads of food to go around and everyone seemed to...

Sunset reflected in car 0

Photography / Wales

You Can’t Beat a Good Sunset

You simply can’t beat a good sunset, especially on a short chilly November day. It even makes my less than exciting car look good! It’s just a shame about the telegraph pole… I wonder how much it costs to get them to put the cables underground?

Goldfinch 2

Gardening / Nature

Goldfinches

Nice to see that my lack of work on the garden lately has it’s benefits. Goldfinches feasting on leftover seed heads.

Honey Cakes 4

Beekeeping

ABKA Honey Show

We all had fun at the Honey Show the other evening, even if it was a bit of a rush to get there after work and parents evening. As usual it was a fairly relaxed affair. As well as the various bee-keeping categories within the show such as jars of honey, wax blocks, frames ready...

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