A Sea of Pink
The estuary looks lovely at the moment with the grassy salt marsh completely covered in a sea of pink.
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Summer 2023
I know it’s still only May, but 15 days without rain here in Wales definitely counts as summer! Temperatures have been up close to 20ºC every day, and everything looks lovely. Coupled with another bank holiday weekend that we’ve just had and it almost feels like a holiday now and then! Most days start with...
Developing Garden
Anna came across a photo of the pergola in the garden when it was new the other day and laughed about the fact that it look ‘plonked’ in the middle of the garden. She did have a point I guess, but I did have a plan. As anyone who gardens will know, such things need...
A Conservatory Makeover
We’ve had our conservatory since 2011. It’s a useful room, but as with most conservatories it gets too hot in the summer and it’s freezing cold in the winter. Time therefore to do something about it. We did look into having a completely new tiled roof fitted but that was quite expensive. Instead we decided...
Summer Windsurfing is Here
What a session that was!! After a 20-mile lunchtime bike ride doing 3-minute intervals, it was back to work while the wind filled in. By 2 pm it was blowing a hoolie, so it was off to the beach for a windsurf with Alistair. The skies were blue, there were white-caps covering the sea and...
A Day of Culture
It feels as though summer has arrived here in West Wales, and Sunday was spent mainly outdoors. First up for me, after an early morning walk to the beach, was a gentle run up to the estuary, along the River Leri, around the Animalarium and back through the golf course. I then chilled in the...
A Trip to Gloucestershire
Anna and I were in Gloucestershire for the weekend. We’d gone down for my brother’s 50th birthday as we were all meeting for a meal on Monday evening so thought we’d spend a few days there. Morgan wanted to stay home and had the excuse that he has upcoming exams, so he wanted to revise....
Bee-ing Prepared
It was something of a mixed bag over the winter for our bees. One colony that was huge in the autumn died off whilst the colony that had taken up residence in the hive near the bedroom window did quite well. This colony had continued to expand throughout the Spring and was now looking quite...
Garden Tales
It’s been a bit dreary these last few days, but things are growing well in the garden. Here are a few photos from around the garden at the weekend. The blackcurrants are flowering well and should have lots of fruit later in the year. The comfrey looks good. The bluebells are putting on their usual...
Project Pond – Part 3 – Planting
Before planting the pond, there were a few adjustments that needed to be made. The water level was a little lower than I wanted. The liner under the ‘jetty’ seemed to be the low point so the jetty needed raising a little. This was a fairly easy fix, Next stage was to continue with the...
