simple pleasures for August

Clearing the decks. The flower garden has peaked and is now filled with blooms in varying stages of decay. There are plants to cut back and seed heads to gather or shake around the flower beds. Enjoying the transition to late summer. The artichokes are turning from regal purple to autumnal brown and the rhubarb

Simple pleasures for May

1 Take a walk outside.   In May, the English countryside is at its best. Everywhere is lush and verdant so that looking across the fields it seems that every shade of green is featured. Cow parsley fills the verges, the birds are singing and some days the sun shines too. 2 Smell the blossom.