Fire casts a long shadow This week: Fire casts a long shadow; Making plates; Decisions, decisions…; Pineapple trees; Arbitrary lines; Last job in the hall; Once again it is Saturday and I have NO idea where the week just past … Read More
Combing the depths This week: Laying the floor continues; Combing the depths; An unstable electric supply; The natural world is awakening; I have had another week working on laying the hardwood floor in the hall. But what is obvious as … Read More
Let’s look forward This week: Looking back – the weather year; Just a little work; Let’s look forward; Well, we’ve made it all the way to week 52! I can’t believe that it has been an entire year and I … Read More
I need Mr Spock This week: I need Mr Spock; Cutting wood; Shopping trips; Painting the Konoba ceiling; The Northern Winter Solstice; Writing this as dusk falls outside, with my wood stove burbling away in the dining room, as it … Read More
Heavy Rain This week: Heavy rain; Indoor jobs; Seed collecting; Across much of Europe the temperatures are lower than usual and there has been some significant snowfalls. In Germany the cold and snow brought chaos. The trains, planes and autobahns … Read More
A dedicated scan desk This week: Sweeping flues; Being driven by the data; A dedicated scan desk; It has been a busy week here, but a successful one. True, it has rained quite a bit which has curtailed outside work, … Read More
Our Weird Weather This week: Our Weird Weather; A walk on the wild side; The clock change last Sunday morning has meant that it is now dusk by 17:00 and dark by 17:30. And that is on clear days. When … Read More
Just another heat dome This week: Just another heat dome; Odd jobs; Packet in the post: It is Saturday afternoon once again and it is hot. Much too hot to work, like most of this week. I have an oscillating … Read More
Hatching Dragon eggs This week: Hatching Dragon eggs; Listening in on wild life; Using statistics; Adding cover; I happened to be in the Citrus orchard one morning this week, just at the right time as early sunshine caught the seed … Read More
No more Nightingale song This week: Unremarkable deaths; Just two brothers; Raid No. 49; Death and destruction on New Bridge Road; No more Nightingale song; The Owls have it; Trouble with seeds; It’s fire season again; What have I been … Read More