5th Mar 2009
Woke up to another white wonderland this morning
4th Mar 2009
Woke up to a white wonderland this morning with a snowfall of giant flakes that lazed down from a grey enigmatic sky. Everything was white and perfect….it’s a long way off summer I guess.
3rd Mar 2009
It’s March…whoa where did February go? The first tentative green shoots are appearing on shrubs and in the garden the daffodil flower stems (although still sheathed in green) shine yellow underneath.
Had a busy old week last week as we are now in the management audit season (there’s another Friday.) The last one is Friday the 13th March so that’s hopefully not too much of an omen and turns out to be somewhat auspicious.
Mike is bust getting ready for his three week trip to the other side of the world. (Australia and New Zealand via Singapore.) Should be a great trip lucky old sod!
Saturday went to Halifax which was quite interesting. it’s an old wool town (Yorkshire is built on wool as Lancashire was built on cotton. I think they made more money or something because the houses seem more imposing and solid. not like the endless rows of jerry built terraces you find in Lancashire.
Sunday began to tidy up some of the tree trimmings by making a fire in the burner and burning a little bit at a time. It’s amazing really just how much will burn in a short time and the ash I use around the fruit trees and bushes. Haven’t seen a frog yet but they generally begin appearing mid-March. Jobs for this weekend are clearing up the last of the twigs and branches and planting the potatoes. I really want to dig another pond at some point this year and that needs to be done before the end of May and the midges return. I hope we have a good summer.
Saw on the news a story about whales stranding themselves on a Tasmanian beach. Reasons for this behaviour are not yet clear but perhaps it is a yearning to be once again on the land. Some inherited and ancient collective memory that remembers a time before they entered the water. Perhaps it is the next evolution and they will come ashore one day. of all the creatures in the world whales must be one of the most enigmatic but whether they will survive to make an evolutionary leap is unlikely.
