Last week was a strange week. In fact, it seems we are living in a strange world and there is so much uncertainty than concentrating on anything for too long can seem overwhelming. But the garden is always a place of peace and somewhere to lose yourself in. The mornings have been much cooler and it has been lovely to potter about without overheating, but … Continue reading Dry Days
Or is it? Depending on how you look at it today is the last day of summer, or it isn’t. Going by the meteorological system that divides the seasons by the calendar says today – the last day in February is the last day of summer. However, the astronomical system that divides the seasons based on the location of the earth in relation to the … Continue reading The Last Day…
I’m leaping for joy. Ordinarily this would be the last day of summer! Normally, on this day I would begin to bemoan the demise of the fair weathered season and get ready for all things all things autumn. However, this year thanks to the calendar and its leap year, we get one more day of summer! Hooray! I have to say, I’m quite happy with this … Continue reading Summer extended by one day!
I always find this a strange turn of seasons. Especially because the transition is so vague. Spring is cut and dried. We are so over winter that we are happy to declare the 1st of September the first day of spring no matter how freezing and miserable it is. It is spring people and we just need to wrap up warm and get on with … Continue reading Well autumn aye?!
