Spring Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/spring/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:44:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Spring Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/spring/ 32 32 2696646 Early Spring in the Garden https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/03/early-spring-in-the-garen/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/03/early-spring-in-the-garen/#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:24:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37273 We had an early taste of Spring this weekend. Time to activate the robots and get them ready for action. It didn’t take long to do even though I had to rebuild Harriets’ house as it was destroyed in the recent storms. By 10am on Saturday morning robot lawn-mowers were soon charged and out trundling...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/03/early-spring-in-the-garen/feed/ 0 37273 The First Hive Inspection of 2021 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-first-hive-inspection-of-2021/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-first-hive-inspection-of-2021/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:48:15 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=35825 With temperatures just about getting to double figures, the sun shining and no wind I decided it was time for the first hive inspection of 2021. The bees and been flying for a couple of days. They’d even looked quite busy for a few minutes at one point. I therefore knew that there were at...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-first-hive-inspection-of-2021/feed/ 3 35825 Spring Moths https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/spring-moths/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/spring-moths/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2014 09:01:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15968 It’s been ages since we put the moth trap out. The last time was back in August last year. Terrible I know, but the weather hasn’t been kind and we’ve been busy so finding an evening where it wasn’t going to rain and when Morgan and I would hjave time to go through the trap...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/spring-moths/feed/ 0 15968 Mother’s Day Weekend and Spring is in the Air https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/03/mothers-day-weekend-spring-air/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/03/mothers-day-weekend-spring-air/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:48:47 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15914 The weekend turned out quite nice in the end. After a fairly damp camp with the Scouts up at Devil’s Bridge on Friday night, the sun came out on Saturday and temperatures reach 17.3ºC, the hottest day of the year so far. A First Time for Everything I spent the afternoon cleaning cars and working...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/03/mothers-day-weekend-spring-air/feed/ 1 15914 Jaffa-Caching and the Signs of Spring https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/jaffa-caching/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/jaffa-caching/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:10:55 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15673 Well, that’s the first day of the Half Term off to a good start. My parents left after their weekend visit at around 10am, so Morgan and I headed over to the beach with his remote control monster truck. It was cold, windy and deserted on the beach, but the skies were blue, the sun...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/jaffa-caching/feed/ 1 15673 Is that the Spring that I See? https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/spring-see/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/spring-see/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:43:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15582 I don’t think anyone would deny that we’ve had a fairly awful winter so far this year. It hasn’t been cold yet, but it’s just been wet, windy and miserable. There does seem to be hope on the horizon though. There’s a brief respite in the stormy weather today, the wind has gone and it isn’t raining at...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/spring-see/feed/ 0 15582 An Early Spring? https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/01/an-early-spring/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/01/an-early-spring/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:08:01 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12179 We missed out on the recent snow here, but the forecast seems to suggest that when the high presure over us finally gives way and allows a low pressure system in from the west, the wet air from the Atlantic will hit the cold air currently sitting on top of the UK and we could...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/01/an-early-spring/feed/ 0 12179 No Moths – Are you sure its May? https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/05/no-moths-are-you-sure-its-may/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/05/no-moths-are-you-sure-its-may/#respond Sat, 05 May 2012 06:41:36 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=10067 I put the moth trap out in the garden last night, but there wasn’t sign of a single moth in or around the trap this morning. Mind you, with temperatures down to less than 3°C and day time temperatures still struggling to get into double figures it really doesn’t feel like May out there. I’m sure...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/the-sounds-of-spring/feed/ 0 9885 British Summertime – We love it! https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/british-summertime-we-love-it/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/british-summertime-we-love-it/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:06:35 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9850 Sorry for the lack of updates here over the past few days, but the weather has just been far too nice. My job as a web designer has me sat in front of the computer all day long so over the weekend that was the last thing I wanted to be doing, especially whilst the...

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