Gardenwatch: July 2024
Life
Summer is here at last! The year began wet. Spring arrived and the rain continued. It seemed never-ending. Mid-May, the thunderstorms arrived, bringing flash flooding to the back garden one ... Read more
summer
Valkohieta Beach, Finland
Life, Travel
Have you ever had a whole beach to yourself? On a hot day back in June, during my visit to Finland, my friend and I discovered we had an entire ... Read more
Tankar Island, Finland
Life, Travel
The small but beautiful island of Tankar can be found in the outer archipelago in the south of the Bay of Bothnia. The island was inhabited as early as the ... Read more
Gardenwatch: Blooming Marvellous!
Life
With temperatures reaching into the 30s again, I’ve not been venturing too far from home these past few days. Once again, the garden has been an absolute joy so far ... Read more
Busy Butterflies
Etc, Life
We might be heading into autumn but summer isn’t ready to let go just yet! The sun is shining and the butterflies are loving the warmth and making the most ... Read more
A Soggy Summer!
Life
Hello from a wet and windy Wales! After a couple of hot and sunny summers, it’s looking like this one is going to be a wet one. Well, it certainly ... Read more
Petal Power
Life
After a very hot, dry summer, we’ve started getting some much-needed rain showers over the past couple of weeks. It has cooled down a bit now, but the bees are ... Read more