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After that winter of 1962/63 my parents packed their bags in 1964 and emigrated to Barbados - they took me too, aged 8 . There’s an excellent documentary about that winter on BBC iplayer, a trip back in time .

We had another visit from the Long Tailed Tits this afternoon and right in front of the conservatory.10 altogether, not very clear but there are 9 in this pic, one stayed still for a minute at the back of the garden.

You can view the current catalogue on the Chiltern Seeds website and download it - not as much fun as the real thing but it won’t snap shut .

Mission accomplished - all gifts wrapped. Slightly hindered by Cricket who just wanted to know what I was doing and he just HAD to investigate the sellotape. Its hair do day tomorrow at Bestie's and I do have to say that my hair seems to have grown much longer than it did between the last two...

@cactus_girl i still say dustbin men.Drizzle with a moderate breeze from the south south west temp 10c feels like 9c

But why should charity be confined to causes close to home? Plenty of "ordinary blokes in the street" care sufficiently about the horrendous suffering in Gaza, for instance, to try to do something to relieve it. These are human beings just like us - except that we have the benefit of living in...

Got to the Allotments today, managed to cut back the Asparagus fronds and get them on a bonfire, unfortunately in spite of covering the the pile with heavy black plastic, most of the rest was too wet to burn properly. I cleared up under the fruit trees, and put some heavy cardboard down...

An amazing acacia dealbata in Richmond Some alpines at Kew alpine house Jamesbritennia Gorgeous cyclamen rohlfsianum foliage And outside, some little anemone

If you like the Shipping Forecast on Radio Four, tune in to this morning’s version in the style of Jane Austen. 7.26 to 7.28, the time.