Fluf

  Year ago yesterday, mid summer’s day – we lost our little Fluf. We also called him Boo boo. Funny thing the evening before on mid summer’s eve a badger ran though the garden and yesterday early outside watering and a deer ran past me through our garden. Sometimes wonder when im outside and the […]

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Pevensey Bay

  On our way home, we were looking for the road that runs past Pevensey Castle and took a wrong turning and found our way down to the beach at Couden, very old fashioned seaside beach. We drove along very small single track road between the sea and Pevensey Levels on our way, many sheep […]

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EU

know nothing (and dont want to know) about politics …but seems a crazy thing to want to encourage UK to pull out of EU althou we are an island we don’t have to be like one apart from the benefits for trade and business and looking for jobs and homes outside of our little bit […]

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Quantum dot Windows

“Quantum dots could help solar cells efficiently harvest more sunlight, opening up new potential applications – but there are disadvantages. House windows that double as solar panels could be on the horizon, thanks to recent quantum-dot work by Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers” …. more

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Identity and blackstrap molasses

these thoughts spinning round in my head the first for a few reasons but watching a film review reallised what i have been searching for. Someone described a film to be released this year as a life changing film, a search for ‘personal identity’ its about an alien absorbing information about our world. i expect […]

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almost the rain has stopped

Still trying to find out who my ancestors were while foot out of action, watching the Olympics and feeling for Ukraine but Olympics over, weather is changing, the rain has almost stopped and probably time to put this down and return to the present, reluctantly. Best part – talking to mum and dad and mum’s […]

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Selsey Lifeboat

Yesterday was my dad’s birthday and we went with them back to his old stamping grounds – sun shining and the sea was fairly calm. This lifeboat station is being decommissioned and being replaced with one launching from the beach. Feel sort of sad about this We found the place, his grandfather was born too, […]

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Waiting for mr mouse

Driving past a field, noticed this cat sitting very still besides the hedge, something about it, made me curious. we were looking for Hebridian and Jacob sheep that we were told were in a field next to a pub nearby – but we never found them and the pub was closed so we drove on […]

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Avoca Winter Woollens

Avoca has been around since 1723 and is a family run business from County Wicklow in Southern Ireland. Its the colours and softness of the yarns – Lambswool, Angora and Mohair.  Please visit our online store – not all products are uploaded yet thou, please look by again

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the first day

Our small fourlegged friend has made his home in a large toy mouse in our kitchen,  loves his food and hides to get more… long car journey back was amazing – he was completly calm except playing some sort of miaowing game – guess people passing by may have wondered. Drove back over the Dartford […]

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Sunday Pattys

Ingredients: Reasonable amount of Curly Kale Couple of lbs of new Potatoes 2 Onions 1 Cooking Apple Mozerella cheese – to taste Milk (for mash) – to taste Butter French Mustard, Salt and Pepper Handfull of Parsley Handfull of Thyme 10 slices of Bread (chopped and wizzed) 1) Make breadcrumbs – chop about 10 slices […]

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