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JANUARY - "Down with the rosemary..."

Down with the rosemary, and so Down with the bays and mistletoe; Down with the holly, ivy, all Wherewith ye dress'd the Christmas hall; That so the superstitious find No one least branch there left behind; For look, how many leaves there be Neglected there, maids, trust me, So many goblins you shall see. ROBERT HERRICK January is the month when little can be done in the garden. Sometimes more harm than good is done when the soil is so cold and wet. But it's a time for dreaming! To think of what you might sow where and of things you may try that you haven't tried before.   In January, beware the weather - and goblins!! I've noticed that some people are keeping their outdoor Christmas lights on throughout January.  I think that's a great idea to brighten up the long winter nights - and to keep away the goblins! Snow dog At the beginning of the month, the house was still filled with Christmas greenery. The fragrance was beginning to fade though. Now, with seasonal oran...
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In January 2017 I started a blog. There were 12 blogs altogether - one for each month of that year. When I had finished, my daughter and I edited the blogs and I wrote two more chapters so that my first book was formed. It is entitled "Child Of The Isle" - like the blogs - and covers aspects of my childhood in the Isle of Axholme - then a quiet corner of rural Lincolnshire - through the fifties and sixties.

I miss the blog thing. And I have enjoyed putting the book together. It follows that I should have another go. I am now attempting to answer all those people who have, over the years since we first moved to Orkney in 1986, asked the question, "What's it like up there?"  We lived in Orkney for 10 years, moved back to the Isle of Axholme for a while, then to Barrow upon Humber, and now we live in Caithness.  We meant to return to Orkney but we stopped off in Wick. We've been here since 2009 but I have never forgotten my roots and I am still searching for more information about my ancestors from Axholme and from other parts of Britain - some may be from further away but that is a work in progress. I intend to weave memories into "What's It Like Up There?" So, each month, for 12 months, I will take a topic and write about it from my Caithness viewpoint, referring back to other times in my life.

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