30 December 2024

Books Read in 2024

I didn’t set a target to reach for my book reading last year. I often fall short and I’m disappointed when I don’t reach my target. My final tally for books read for 2024 was twenty-one, most of them being in the mystery/crime/thriller genre that is my go to.I didn’t have a favourite this year. None of them stood out as better than another, although...

14 July 2024

The Vegetable Garden in June

After what was an unseasonably warm autumn, where the temperature barely dipped below 20°C, winter finally arrived and the jumpers have come out of storage. The temperature may have dipped, but the garden is growing well. I have two growing spaces, the raised garden beds...

11 March 2024

Sowing for the Autumn/Winter Garden

It's not a very exciting photo I know, but I wanted to post, so I have a record of when I sowed and what I sowed. These are all the seeds that can't be direct sown, and were sown on March 5th. The seeds that can be direct sown won’t go in until we get some cooler weather,...

12 January 2024

Books Read in 2023

Hello everyone. Happy new year. I only read nineteen books this year. That’s one book every 2.8 weeks, which for me is quite a poor effort. Actually, make that eighteen. I didn’t have time to finish A Mind for Murder by P. D. James before it was due back at the library. 1. The Essex Serpent by Sarah PerryMoving between Essex and London, myth and...