November 2026
The garden still has quite a few flowers; even the hanging baskets have some colour. They tried again, with some success, after the fearsome heat of summer appeared to kill them off. But soon the frost will come; the fog already visits regularly. Soon too the seals at Donna Nook will be singing in the cold air as they come ashore to breed a mile or two away from here. November means it’s not long until Christmas, so I have been re-stocking the Christmas Shop (tab here on the
October 2026
How lovely the late summer can be when it is like this! Still days, blue skies, golden low sunshine intensifying the reds and golds of berry and leaf; the rich polished browns of the conkers glowing like gems in the road. On one of my daily constitutionals I collected some of these magical and truly beautiful seeds. I shall plant one in a pot, as I did when a child! I am busy stitching all things Christmas, and as I work on robin designs I can hear the autumn songs of the r









































