February arrived with snow and ice here in the Preseli Hills. On the first day of the month our driveway and lane were treacherous with ice so, although school was officially open, the bus didn’t come. Our driveway is sloping with a bend in the middle; getting down it is a mini bobsled run in […]
January – life lessons from a tree
January was a wet windy month full of annoyances and niggles, hospital visits, a minor car accident (occupant unhurt, car repairable) and it ended with one of our mature oaks falling. I was determined not to see the stricken tree as a metaphor for the month; it fell over, but not quite all the way. […]