J.C’s Funniest Moments on The FARM.

Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 16:38.Reading time 1 minute.

I had no idea. We’ve only watched the first 3 chapters of 8. Apparently : A STAR IS BORN. He’s 21 years old. Went to London once with the school and never got off the coach. He’s travelled as far as Banbury and that was enough. And he now has a squillion admirers on tok-tik-aGram. […]

Citrine : The Merchant’s Stone

Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 16:03.Reading time 3 minutes.

Those born in November are lucky enough to have two stunning gems as their birthstones. One is topaz, which comes in a variety of colours, and the other is sunny citrine. Citrine is the yellow variety of quartz, and its name comes from the Old French word for lemon. Its warm colour is said to […]

Palatine Hill, Rome

Thursday, 17 June 2021, 13:58.Reading time 1 minute.

I was given a reminder of this place yesterday. Something to do with sunburn! But we have lovely cooling rain today. Palatine Hill is about a 5 minute walk from The Coliseum in Rome, past the Arch of Constantine and across the road. So me and girly decided to take a look. It’s a wonderfully […]

NIGGER

Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 19:17.Reading time 1 minute.

This is the Black Labrador that I saved from being drowned. My Dad named him Nigger. For the dog that Guy Gibson owned. Another Black Lab. This is the behind of the photo above. Nigger was my best friend in the house. We used to walk miles together :o)

Cristiano Ronaldo

Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 15:15.Reading time 1 minute.

This is one stunningly talented young man. Yes. He’s a squillionaire footballer from Portugal but….I would NEVER disrespect him. Why? Watch and learn. 2nd video wiped billions of the COKE shares. Laugh MY Fat Arse Off :o)

25 pence for a MILLION BELLS ?

Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 13:58.Reading time 1 minute.

I just got lucky. The garden centre down the hill is no longer owned and operated by the Crowder family (since 1789) It’s now part of a wholesale homogenised UK company :o( Regardless. I went this morning and spent a whole £10 on 7 plants. All but one bought from the clearance sale. The princely […]

Ensalada de Patatas Campesina

Saturday, 12 June 2021, 17:24.Reading time 1 minute.

My race might be royal (‘S Rioghal Mo Dhream (Royal is my race)) but we have been peasants and gardeners for many generations. I’m loving this Spanish recipe for potato salad. And the Russian Salad below. Although both presenters present as if we are total idiots : In My Opinion! BTW : Strange but true…the […]

Gallowglass

Saturday, 12 June 2021, 16:15.Reading time 1 minute.

My turn now after nearly 3 years of TORTURE. I’m calling in mine own. The gallowglass were from the western coast of Scotland, principally Argyll and the Western Isles.[2] Their weapon of choice was a battle axe, but claymores were not uncommon. The gallowglasses (also spelled galloglass, gallowglas or galloglas; from Irish: gall óglaigh meaning foreign warriors) were a class of elite mercenary warriors who were principally members of the Norse-Gaelic clans of […]

Rats & Gargoyles : Mary Gentle 1990

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 18:37.Reading time 1 minute.

I adore Mary’s books. This is now a story encased in a huge volume called WHITE CROW. It is a nameless city somewhere between past and future, a mythic realm at the “heart of the world,” where wicked Rat Lords have reduced all humankind to slaves, and god-daemons make the decision to end all existence. […]

The Woolf Garden

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 18:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For some strange reason, I’m on a Virginia Woolf vibe. I’d fill my pockets with stones and rocks and walk into our pond BUT : I’m due at a Friends & Family Barbecue next week :o)

Roses for Chocolate Cake

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 16:54.Reading time 1 minute.

She’s so sweet. The Harlow Carr roses in my veg patch are beginning to bloom. They have the most glorious, heady scent ever. She phones me…I’ve just made a Chocolate Chip Sponge Cake from our chickens’ eggs. So many eggs every day now that the kids are away. Can I bring it round for you […]

Ladies Who Lunch

Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 15:50.Reading time 1 minute.

I think that I’ve just secured myself the help of a fellow gardener. For Free :o) A lovely day spent in the company of a new friend and fellow garden fanatic has been SO delightful. OMG. She saw plants here that I didn’t even realise I had. We spent ages discussing the fig tree and […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.