-
Recent Posts
Archives
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- November 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- January 2012
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- November 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
Categories
- Business & Commerce
- Celebs
- Christmas
- Churches and places of worship
- Dementia
- Entertainment
- Family Days Out
- Family life
- Festivals & Fairs
- Gardens
- Health
- Historic Monuments
- Historical Events
- Holidays & trips away
- Life's Like That
- Marriage and divorce
- Poems
- Special events
- The Haythornthwaite Story
- The housing crisis, the mortgage maze
- Theatre
- Tree Following
- Uncategorized
Meta
-
Join 1,740 other subscribers
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Having set my sights on helping someone on the Somerset Levels, I wasn’t going to let contamination or a grumpy son get in my way
Twitter is by far and away the best market place, shopping centre, coffee shop (albeit without the coffee) and place to go for all the latest news, advice, opinion and gossip…IMO And with this in mind, whilst enjoying my morning Twit-dip, … Continue reading
Posted in Family life
Tagged cleaning, disinfectant, drainage, farmhouse, flooding, helping, Muchelney, somerset, Somerset Levels, Thorney
4 Comments
To mark World Poetry Day & as it’s sunny, a poem in praise of the sun, that may not always shine but is definitely always there.
I do not come and go by choice, my destiny lies elsewhere I rise and set as Nature chose, with diligence and care. Some days my golden glow is dulled by cloudy skies but yet I always rise in the east … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged golden glow, happy, poem, poetry, sunny days, sunshine, warmth, world poetry day
Leave a comment
A doctor’s appointment, waiting patiently & anonymously in the waiting room
You arrive, just two minutes late, but late nonetheless. Will they allow you your allotted time or have you missed your slot? Out of breath and red faced, perspiring perhaps just a little, “Can I help you?” they ask; my … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged appointment, doctor, GP, patient, poem, surgery, waiting room
Leave a comment
Black Widow Iris. Such a vicious, indeed deadly image is conjured up but do not judge it.
Long blade-like leaves, ribbon thin strips of grass green switches Of long gangling spider legs, bent at the joints under its own weight. The metatarsus, tibia and femur reach up, bend, the claws feeling the ground And rising in the centre, … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged black widow iris, black widow spider, flower, garden, iris, wild flower
Leave a comment
A Love Story I was asked to write that had a sad ending…for me at any rate
I was asked to write a poem, a very special poem, from a spurned husband to his wife. He wanted it to be in the form of a love story, describing their first meeting, their marriage, the wonderful life they … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged chidlren, divorce, family, husband, husband and wife, love story, marriage, poem, poetry, romance, separation, wife
Leave a comment
I’m following a tree for Loose and Leafy @LucyCorrander
I thoroughly enjoy reading Lucy’s blog posts, always amusing and always informative, so when Lucy started her tree following project and asked if anyone else had a tree they wanted to follow, I immediately knew it was time to expose … Continue reading
Posted in Tree Following
Tagged apple, apple tree, garden, lucy corrander, sapling, seed, tree, tree following project
14 Comments