Garden Lighting

I know of a dear old lady up the road who has sadly lost her hubby this summer.  She’s trying hard to be cheerful and not get mournful but it is seriously difficult.   There were so many things they used to do together, the list seems to be endless and travelling was high on it.  … Read more

When I was recent travels I had the chance to look round the nearly completed villa of an English couple near Paphos.   They bought the plot fifteen years ago and have gradually got the palace of their dreams.  Or not as it turns out.  In reality it has taken on nightmare qualitities, not only for … Read more

I was visiting a fairly new acquaintance – during the first easings of the national lockdown.  Whilst socially distancing I was very keen to see their garden, which I’d heard a lot about from other folk who’d experienced this well lit and landscaped joy.   To be able to visit an ordinary family home with a … Read more

It can be difficult to get the right amount of lighting at home, both in the house and more especially, in the garden.  At least indoors  you can employ a table or side lamp, perhaps an angle poise on a springy arm – bringing flexible lighting temporarily just where it’s needed.  This isn’t quite as … Read more

One of the beauties about a late dry springtime after a prolonged wet and very windy winter is the chance to really look around the garden and take stock of what is already there and what has yet to be bought or moved around from elsewhere.   If it’s possible, standing at the end of the … Read more

I needed to stay over at a relative’s home for a couple of nights whilst caring for them in a post operative role.  I usually enjoy staying there, out in the country with not a sound to be heard etc.  However this time was a bit fraught.  I was helping with all the household tasks, … Read more

We may have turned the corner as far as the shortest day and winter conditions are concerned but there’s still a jolly long way to go before we can comfortably think about sitting outside in the garden – garden furniture needing to be cleaned and teak polished if its wood . . . . .  … Read more

Over the recent festive period I was lucky enough to stay with some friends who live right in the middle of nowhere.  They absolutely love it and it seems that any neighbours in the vicinity are just as thrilled at the prospect of not having anyone too nearby.  Just as it was two or three … Read more

When we consider how much it costs to run a famiy sized house these days, it’s not surprising that thought is now being given in earnest to running our homes more efficiently and economomically.   This will invariably involve the whole family taking a good long look at how they live and agreeing to make changes … Read more