Eclectic Magpie

The sky is cloudy but the thermometer hits 33°C. We've already hit 40°C this year which has been unheard of until now.  Roads surfaces a...

Yep, Christmas comes early here. 😏

Courtesy of Butterfly Conservation  Standing in the kitchen waiting for the kettle to boil for that all important first cup of t...

Coming out of The Range I looked toward the river. Two and three deep, house boats, river boats, pleasure boats and a couple of ...

We can certainly sense a change in the weather these days. World heat maps show it vividly with the majority of the world glowing reds and o...

Thank heavens for my courtyard because the rest of the garden is becoming a brown wilderness of dying plants and wilting trees. ...

Sitting outside, the cat snoring on the sofa, I enjoyed the warmth and looked up the steps. The wind was drying and plants were ...

Having a gentle wander around Kings Hill I noticed a street name. It really made me chuckle, especially when I looked down the r...

If you have a café called Muffin Break and you like coffee, then may I suggest trying them out? Their coffee is a blend (sadly y...

Many, many years ago, too many to really want to say (at least 40!) I took a job at a local farm in Worcester for the three months of my sum...

I was making a cup of tea watching the sparrows as they darted from plant to plant, removing the spiders, the caterpillars and t...