This weekend the snow arrived. We woke up early to that hushed sound, when you already sense the snow has fallen before you even look out the window. And then, after warming up with a morning coffee, I ventured out into the cold to walk through the snow and enjoy the landscape... frozen, white and glistening…
It is officially still Autumn. I woke up yesterday to a dusting of snow and to me it felt like winter. Out in the garden some of my spring flowers are still in bloom and last week it was mild enough to feel like an Irish summer .... No matter what the weather, I've been…
All Hallows' Eve (Halloween to you and me), is upon us..that time of year when ancient Celts had a festival to mark the end of summer and the harvest season, and believed , at this time, that the door between this world and the next was open and spirits could pass through. My earliest memories of Halloween…
Autumn is well and truly here. And like many people, it's my favourite time of year. Maybe it's the little rituals I enjoy the most, like... Walking in the crisp morning air Popping on a woolly hat Sweeping up piles of golden leaves strewn on the lawn, only to find a fresh pile has descended…
I often find it is on the most ordinary of walks that you unexpectedly come across a pretty scene, a captivating view, something that catches your eye and makes you want to grab your camera or phone and capture the moment... From winter sunshine in the depths of January... To sunlit glades and ponds in spring...…
Ah..the first days of September... already you can feel a change is coming, a seasonal shift as summer slips away and autumn beckons. Almost imperceptible at first as you notice a cooler morning when you awake, then a certain crispness in the air and before too long, darkness descending in the early evening. It's my…
It's a beautiful Sunday morning here, the clocks have gone forward an hour and we have been blessed with sunshine all weekend. Yesterday I could hear the humming of lawnmowers for the first time in months, the smell of freshly cut grass filling the air. A bumble bee buzzed past me on one of my…
