Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
I’ve been reminded these past weeks of one of those brilliant one-liners from a film. In the movie “Carrington”, the title character is warned against getting involved with the critic and writer Lytton Strachey. “Dora dearest, he’s a terrible old queen!” says a friend, in much less PC times. “Yes,” replies Carrington, “But there’s always […]
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The seasons are rolling around again and it is one day shy of our initial move into this little house. As we begin our third year here we can reflect on all we have done – and all that has happened. It seems fair to say there have been a few surprises along this journey. […]
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Well, January has certainly shown its teeth here in Ireland and I think the same – if not worse – in the UK. In the last few weeks we’ve had the big freeze, complete with frozen pipes and no water before Christmas. This was followed by some torrential rain and a leaky roof. In my […]
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It’s a bit late but may I wish you all a very Happy New Year. It is getting lighter now, slowly but surely. Soon there will be signs of spring and everything will start to grow again. We will get the hedge trimmed before that happens! We are past the worst of the cold spell […]
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It is Boxing Day in the UK and St Stephen’s Day here in Ireland and the first round of festivities is behind us. We had a lovely day – quiet, warm and very restful. This is mainly because we planned carefully and managed to get everything done early, something I can heartily recommend if you […]
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We are well into December now and winter has crept in with all its delightful little quirks. Here in Tipperary we are not immune to the cold – it has been very frosty with ice and freezing fog for most of the last week. We are, however, having a run of small celebrations. December means […]
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I’m sitting at my desk and enjoying a rare sight through the window – the sun is shining. We’ve had rather a lot of rain over the past few weeks, as I think a lot of you have. Here it has veered from long, sullen downpours to bursts of hail mixed with sudden bright spots. […]
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Well, we’ve had quite an exciting – and rather busy – time these last few weeks. Halloween is fast approaching and autumn is definitely here. It’s stamping its mark on all around us, sometimes with a bit more force than we expected. On the plus side, the wood is looking good and unusually for this […]
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It’s a few weeks away from the changing of the clocks and we are hunkering down ready for winter. Days are noticeably shorter, of course. The first storms are gearing up for some excitement to come and the first frosts have appeared in the morning. In a rural and relatively isolated house hunkering down involves […]
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Hello and welcome to a most crowded few weeks. There is supposedly a Chinese curse – may you live in interesting times. Well, this is certainly one of those interesting times for us. Let me begin with the book news, on several fronts. I “attended” the virtual meeting last week and along with half a […]
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