Nice couple of days spent mostly reading with the patio doors open. No feathery intruders any more, of course – they’re all ‘grown and flown’. A couple of successful raids by the Sparrowhawk (bird table now down by two collared doves) and the Buzzards are keeling very high up, looking for rabbits.
Roses have suddenly decided to have one last flourish, and even the weigela are hanging in there – pink by the front door, ruby by the back door. Absolutely bumper apple crop from such a small tree – 3 orange crates full stored in the garage and some left on the tree for the very possessive blackbirds. They’re beautifully sweet green apples, but I’ve no idea what variety because the tree was already here when we arrived. It’s the sole survivor, I’m afraid: the plum tree (Victoria, I think) broke under the weight of snow and fell over, demolishing the shed; the pear tree was swallowed by the bamboo (woody pears, so no great loss); and the grape vine succumbed to my gardening ‘talents’. There is also a cherry tree, but the birds always denude it of fruit long before it’s ripe.
Tharg – Yes, location changes rarely do work when they make films of books in the same way that US versions of British TV series usually don’t work – US ‘Fawlty Towers’ and ‘Life on Mars’ are two painful examples. It would be like the BBC trying to make ‘Frasier’.
Glad you like the Cadfael, they are very engaging and excellently researched. I’m another sucker for History, though my interests go back a bit further – Classical Greece (6th – 4th BC) and Roman (1BC Late Republic – 2AD Imperial). When I had to give up work I toddled off and got myself a Bachelor’s in Classical History (not languages – I’m rubbish at languages!) and been hooked ever since. 🙂