Karina

Sunday 2 July 2023 It’s almost 07:45 and I’ve just walked out to open the front gates. However, I have been scared off by Mrs Pheasant and what appear to be seven pheasant chicks. Chris claims to have been chased by her in a flapping and screaming frenzy when he interrupted her escorting her chicks […]

Saturday 1 July July. July. It is chilly, raining, grey and windy and this morning I had to shut the bedroom windows as it was so cold. But rain is good and not being as hot as it was a couple of weeks ago is also good. My friend Angela arrived mid-afternoon yesterday. In the

Friday 30 June 2023 My friend Angela is arriving this afternoon from Kent via a night in Kendal. I am not expecting her before midday so my plan is to do some work this morning, as indeed I have already been doing (it’s 09:01), then a time-pressure clean and tidy, which is when I am

Thursday 29 June 2023 Walking along a stretch of road near our house for the first time, a road I have driven along countless times, I realised how much more there is to see than just the blur of loveliness as I drive past. It annoys me that I don’t know the names for a

Wednesday 28 June 2023 Today’s temperature around Scottish Borders is between 6°C and 15°C with periods of rain. In Lewisham, it is 17°C to 24°C and overcast. I got up shortly after half-five yesterday, worked, then had a break at about nine. I drove about four miles and parked, then walked a roundtrip to post

Tuesday 27 June 2023 There has been rain and it’s very good to hear so much running water around the garden again. I haven’t checked the water tank yet today but, before dinner, it was up to 58cm. Since then, I have done a second wash (the excitement of being able to use a washing