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Dear friends, Earlier this week I spotted this red kite over our house. At first glance the silhouette was normal but close inspection shows the ragged appearance of this majestic bird. It’s only recently that I learned that all birds…

Dear friends, Sun flowers always cheer me up no end and with the rain beating down (at last!) they are a very welcome sight. Being from a wider family of florists, I used to have cut flowers in the house…

Dear friends, The Capel Show has been and gone. Hundreds of volunteer hours have gone into preparing, setting up, running and clearing up. Without all the volunteers there would not be a show and there would be no money raised…

Dear friends, I am always uncomfortable writing about events in the future as if they have already happened, so I won’t. As I write, the Capel show is still a couple of days away and preparations are in full swing.…

Dear friends, I am doing all I can to keep the house cool in preparation for the next (fifth?) heatwave this summer. We are by now dab hands at managing the windows and curtains to stay cool: all closed during…

Dear friends, For many weeks now I have had several windows open overnight to cool the house. This has been an open invitation for a variety of creatures great and small (including a mouse and the cricket in the picture)…

Dear friends, What a summer we’re having! All village shows are blessed with great weather and it all helps with the fundraising we do for our villages. The picture today was taken at the Leigh village show. In all my…

Dear friends, The steady beautiful weather is, I’m afraid, a mixed blessing. The daytime is problematic for some and we need to water our pot plants and vegetables daily but evenings out and about please many. Also the picture of…

Dear friends, A very welcome slight drop in temperature this morning. I have opened all the downstairs windows early to let the breeze do its cooling work but soon the sheets will go back to block out the sun and…

Dear friends, It’s always a joy to have family come and visit. My sister came last weekend and on Monday we spent a lovely day in the Knepp estate. We did the 9km walk and met this young sandpiper (or…