There was unusual weather here in Lewes, UK, for my Spring flowers, poor things. After being covered in snow, they gradually reappeared. And now they just need some sunshine. Well done indomitable spirits!
I cam back from Paris last weekend to a chilly spell here in Lewes, UK. With Claude Monet’s paintings in mind, the ones where he did series of the same scene through different light changes or seasons, I thought I…
Yesterday I left a rainy Paris and arrived in a rainy England but when I got home to Lewes, I had the pleasure of seeing my good neighbour, the prehistoric Brach Mound with its haircut completed. Now you can see…
The beginning of a new week, the sun is shining and the temperatures have risen. It feels like a new season here in Lewes living here as I do next to the prehistoric Brach Mound. It felt doubly like the…
Crocuses (Si mavis latina – Croci) on sentry duty in my garden here in Lewes, UK.
On Sunday, I finally got round to getting out in my garden to do the big sort out for the Spring. Weeded, trimmed and pruned, my small town garden here in Lewes still took a full day of digging, cutting…
My first daffodil of the year started to flower yesterday here in my small Lewes town garden. It looks a sad but plucky little thing on a sunny but cold February day but it is not entirely alone. The snowdrops…
It has snowed here in Lewes, UK. My snowdrops feel at home. Neat.
Christmastide feasting is a sensible idea when the daylight hours are short and when we all need some time for social recuperation but it can also be a rather indoor pursuit. Now that the feasting is almost done, well, here…
My garden, here in Lewes UK, still has newly blooming roses but there is no denying November when you see the golden leaves on my cherry tree. It is good to see the berries on my pyracantha too – it…