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Dear friends, Pollen are a major source of food for bees. For that reason this hydrangea is a major attraction for them in late spring. We hope to welcome many of you at our café church event in the Weald…

Dear friends, This Saturday we saw the tail end of the Rhododendrons near Leith Hill Place. We also finally visited the house. It was lovely to look around the place that was once the home of Ralph Vaughan Williams. I’m…

Dear friends, On our way to the Netherlands two weeks ago we had a visit from this young seagull, whilst waiting for the ferry. He was very comfortably sunning himself on the bonnet of our car. His mate was looking…

Dear friends, What a gorgeous sky we had last Wednesday at our B&B. I don’t recall ever having seen a stripy sky like this before. It was like an irregular zebra crossing all the way to the horizon. Tomorrow I…

Dear friends, This week my 40 year old niece died. She was severely disabled but anyone who would talk across her would do so at their peril: she had a keen intellect. It saddens me that I feel the need…

Dear friends, In the Netherlands May 4 is remembrance day, the eve of liberation day when the country was completely freed of German occupation by English, Canadian, American, Polish and Dutch forces. The Polish and Dutch forces may surprise you…

Dear friends, Yesterday we had a wonderful walk just south of Haslemere. Near the top of Tennyson’s Lane this beauty was sunning itself. It made a hasty retreat when we disturbed it on the sandy footpath. Adders are no longer…

Dear friends, The picture today is of our small flock with a one year old laying almost every day and three youngsters that haven’t started yet. They are a very happy bunch. I wish you a very happy Easter. God…

Dear friends, An additional attachment today for the APCM tomorrow. I hope you have time to go over it before the meeting. The picture today is of the river Maas (Meuse) in the Netherlands and the flood plain on both…

Dear friends, This was the best my camara could do to capture the solar eclipse last week. Not very revealing but I still think it’s a nice picture. We are going away for a few days so this is the…