Stourhead 20 Aug 2013 | 12:44 pm

Ever since we moved to Wiltshire five years ago, I've had a hankering to visit Stourhead, and now we live that bit closer, it's only a twenty minute drive from home. However, it's not somewhere that r...

Heaven's Gate 14 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm

We're still discovering new and interesting places to visit in this lovely area that we find ourselves in. Yesterday we took a picnic lunch out to Heaven's Gate, a hilltop viewpoint overlooking Longle...

Ten on the 10th 10 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm

As I expect to be pretty busy during the course of today, my ten on the tenth have been collected over the course of the last couple of days. I love this monthly meme, if you would like to see other i...

Summer Scavenger Hunt 7 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm

One of the things we have to find is an aeroplane. I live on the edge of Salisbury Plain, which is a military area, and also a no-fly area so we see very little in the way of aircraft overhead apart f...

My new challenge - Views from my Windows 4 Aug 2013 | 01:59 pm

Yesterday I mentioned a new challenge that I've set for myself, another series of photos taken over the course of a year, to be posted monthly, and it takes the form of "Views from my Windows", I'm do...

The park over the last 12 months 3 Aug 2013 | 12:12 pm

Wow, what an exciting morning, I find my dear little blog has had over 60,000 views since I started in January 2010. Thank you all so much, my lovely followers and readers, it means a lot to me. Altho...

The garden over the past 12 months 2 Aug 2013 | 06:27 pm

Once a month for a whole year, month 12, August 1 Aug 2013 | 12:17 pm

Goodness me, a whole year of photos of the garden and the park. These are the final two. View 1. The garden with last months view for comparison the runner beans have come on strongly, also the lee...

July Scavenger Hunt 31 Jul 2013 | 11:43 am

I may have mentioned before, but I just love photo scavenger hunts, and Greenthumb's is one I participate in every month. There are always twelve subjects, this months are as follows: 1) Black on the...

5/2, the first month 29 Jul 2013 | 01:24 pm

I decided that I couldn't cope with fasting for a whole day, the hot flushes and dizziness I suffered when I tried it were slightly unpleasant, so I have adapted my "fast days" into low calorie, meat ...