After a lifetime as a city dweller, I moved part-time to a little corner of England called the Quantock HIlls with my two cats in 2009. I'm still adjusting to country life... Welcome to Spring Cottage!
Owner: hasenschneck
Listed in: Home & Garden
Language: English
Tags: country life, gardening, photography, cottage, UK
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Latest Blog Posts for Spring Cottage
- It’s been a whileI don’t know quite why but I suddenly thought I would bring the blog back over Christmas. It’s been almost a year since I took the it down and I haven’t written anything in between, so there’s really nothing to see, unless you...
- Adieuon Jan 23, 2016 in PersonalJust to say that I’m going to be taking down the blog in a few days. Nothing bad has happened, I just need to be less evident online for a while. x...
- Happy Poo YearIn which I am cross but sanguine about poo...
- Isle of Wight ChristmasA quaint little island that feels it’s a few years in the past. About ten degrees too warm for December. Keen leaves pushing their way up from bulbs beneath sodden grass verges. Slipping and sloshing single-file along muddy coastal paths.
- Detail freak: nothing to see hereHow lovely it is to spot beauty where at first you thought there was none...
- SAD?Another morning, another walk...
- Once upon a time…In which I feel like I've betrayed my family...
- That’s better…I love the city’s ability to hide spots of nature in areas you think you know well. Tired of dodging the runners on the Thames Path this week, Nora and I were tempted into a slight fork, deeply carpeted with yellow, fallen leaves. It looked lik...
- Foggy morningAs we drive south for our walk, the fog thickens and I put on the car’s fog lights, yet some people are still driving without any lights at all. Pulling off the main road, I head down the long drive to the car park, wondering whether there...
- By Special Request*A couple of months ago I saw a letter from the English writer Evelyn Waugh on headed notepaper that gave his address as Combe Florey House. As Combe Florey is a village quite near Spring Cottage in Somerset of course I had to go and have a look. Waug...
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