My Miscellany

Thinking laterally about interpretations of "Berried Treasure" made me think of the bottom drawer of my freezer, and the fact that...

I think I mentioned that Astros was a busy little fishing harbour as well as having some very (VERY) fancy yachts and so on. Quite apart fr...

One litre of milk was lost in the taking of these photos... C is very fussy about milk - he looks at the date on the lid, and if it's e...

I am not doing well at catching up on my photos! My hayfever is still bad, whatever is triggering it. So the Greek photos are still waiting...

Goodness, it already hardly feels as if we'd been away. Boiler problems today, and when we went through our mail we discovered that C...

And so can we... This butterfly was on the roof of one of the derelict greenhouses in Birr - I really liked the texture of the painted glas...

Since we leave on holidays at the weekend I'd better finish off with my Birr photos. I mentioned the carpet of colchicum, so here a coup...

...makes me think of the Pete Seeger song, but these are not at all ticky tacky, just very rich and chocolatey. I made an easy dinner for my...

If I had to choose a favourite part of Birr, which would be an almost impossible task, this part of the garden might  just be it. For years ...

We take an unscheduled break from Birr to bring you these action photos of the sparrows. I derive a lot of entertainment from watching them,...