Down in Allendale, I’m sure folks started mowing their lawns some weeks ago now, but up on the fellsides of Sparty Lea, the week running up to this past glorious weekend was the first opportunity for mowing this year. I…
Category: In-Between Times
Letting go . . . finding more
I was told how to trap monkeys at a very early age. Not that we had many monkeys in Canada, but still, even then I knew it was an object lesson, and naturally I would be smarter than any monkey,…
Easter break: what to do?
I’m afraid that I remember school breaks mostly as another series of normal work days, personally, but the other family members of course were ensconced at home, wondering what on earth to do? By the time we were both working…
New science . . . and engineering
Things impact on our conversations, from the external world, only briefly, transiently, and almost incidentally — it often feels to me as if we live in an enchanted bubble, lost in time and space. But new wonders do sometimes crop…
Spring lambs
The curlews have been heard early last week, apparently, (I saw one up at Elpha Green this afternoon) and these lambs emerged probably just over the weekend, from about the 1st of March, so such spring signs tell us that…
Detour of delight
Considering the speed with which they’re clearing the remains of the roadside trees at Redwell Corner, I can’t quite believe that the notified ‘4 week closing’ can be correct. After less than 1 week it’s looking pretty much gone! Meanwhile,…
Time itself . . .
Since we’re on the subject of Dr. Who and the timelords anyway . . . why not a short discourse on time itself? Trudge through any field around these parts, in the snow, carrying a plastic bag full of groceries,…
By 12th Night, tree away…
Pete Aldcroft writes for the Allendale Lions Club: “After sparkling for over four weeks at the heart of the village, the Allendale Lions’ 25 [foot tall] Christmas tree was skilfully removed today by Nigel Baynes, Margaret Stonehouse, Stephanie Atkinson, Doug…
New Year’s Day 2019
8:00am The remains of the fire The work commences to clear away the smouldering embers of the revelry. Special thanks to Stephanie Atkinson for these morning photographs to kick off this daily diary. The plan is to ‘sketchify’ every image…