NOVEMBER - "In my mind's eye I clearly see the farmhouse and the trees..."
THE FARMHOUSE In my mind's eye I clearly see The farmhouse and the trees That shaded it in summer months, Then sprinkled it with leaves During the splendid autumn days When all the world was fair To a boy who did not know then That all his world was there. Robert Brown Frosty fungi Today we have used the opportunity, while the day stayed fine, to do some tidying up in the garden. Ginny, Judith and Clemency were neatening the entrance by cutting back the willows which edge the drive on one side. They will grow back stronger - and very quickly. They cut them down soon after we moved in and Ginny kept the wands for crafting but this time someone is collecting them for making wreaths. Before and after (willows) I'm so used to willows. When we lived in Orkney there were few trees of any kind. There are more now. People have planted them in the last thirty or so years but you still couldn't say there are many trees. However, the Isle of Axholme, where I grew up, had lots of...
