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Buttercups- Prepare for Armageddon

“PREPARE FOR ARMAGEDDON” November 26th 2015 Those were the words used by Johnny Watson, head of Border Tree Services, as he concluded his assessment of my garden pruning needs. Radical tree surgery was evidently required to bring Innisfree back to within my control. As I took Johnny’s words in, the guitar intro to “All over […] Continue reading →

‘Reelin’ in the years

‘Reelin’ in the years. “Reelin’ in the years, stowing away the time”, a memorable phrase from the opening track on side two of the 1972 Steely Dan album entitled ‘Can’t buy a thrill’. It hummed away at the back of my mind just recently as I climbed the 300 metre high hill called Mwmffri at […] Continue reading →