Recent Reading
Orchard is a book I keep at the caravan along with all the other Herefordshire books, some church books and a few wildlife id guides. It is a book I bought years ago in Weobley when D and I came for the day to visit some of the "black and white" trail villages. Its a lovely book. There is little text but just photos from a Herefordshire Cider Orchard through the seasons.
I think I spotted this book on Rosie's blog "Corners of My Mind" and I really enjoyed it as it made a change from crime and mystery novels. It is a fictional account of why Jane Austen's sister Cassandra may have burned Jane's letters and delves not only into the content of the imagined letters but fictional accounts of the Austen Sisters' past. It is very moving and imaginative.
Another Logaston Press I bought for the caravan! Fascinating book of ghost stories on my favourite county.
You may recall the jumper and scarf and hat I knitted myself recently. Deborah of Country Ways and Cottage Days had the brilliant idea that I should knit Timothy a jumper and scarf in the same wool so here he is posing in the finished products. The jumper is a bit too long like mine!! I am making another jumper for myself now in the same chunky marble wool but different colours and will try and make the jumper and sleeves shorter this time - you live and learn!
The Passion Flower in the garden at home is flowering again this year which is great news.
I usually do several Garden Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Counts each year but unfortunately as I seem to spend so much time in Herefordshire at the moment I've only done one this year!
The results are as follows:
Peacock x 1
Small White x 1
Holly Blue x 1
Speckled Wood x 1
Large White x 1
We've just come back from another few days in Herefordshire as we had to be there for a gas boiler service and gas safety check appointment. So a few posts to come on a few places visited. We did return to places visited before for various reasons but this time I did visit the interior of Berrington Hall where resides the most amazing restored Georgian dress.
I hope everyone is staying safe and well.