June 2026
Have you looked in The Curiosity Shop lately? (See tab above). It is a shop within a shop where I put mostly reduced price items and a few other things I have made, like photo cards taken in the cottage garden here for instance. I have just added some ‘old stock’ cards at reduced prices, so why not pop in and have a browse! The baby birds here are now appearing, tiny pale bluetits, long-legged speckly robins and screechy young blackbirds ‘parked’ around the garden waiting
May 2026
How beautiful the blossom is this year, perhaps the best I have ever seen! The Hawthorn hedges that run for mile upon mile along the Lincolnshire lanes are a froth of white flowers. Flowering at the beginning of the month it is also known as May Tree or Maythorn, the blossom traditionally used in garlands for May Day celebrations. We planted our quince tree over 25 years ago as a slender ‘maiden’ since when it has become a much-loved garden treasure. Its blossom is my favour








































