I headed out to do a little shopping today, but was amazed to see that the sea was spilling onto the roads, covering harbours and eroding the beach parks. The shopping was cancelled and I just decided to take photos, please discuss.

It's actually getting warmer and the temperature has risen to 9 degrees Celsius, however with the dark days looming, I still like to spend more time indoors. On several past occasions, I have tried to grow mushrooms but finally gave up as I can...

Social networking has become a major part of our online lives, and an important form of interaction and notification. To allow you keep up-to-date with this site and comments by contributors, I have setup a few more social notification and...

Well the frost has arrived from the Arctic and last night everything turned white with a fine layer of ice and the temperature dropped to about -4 Celsius (about 24F). So apart from a quick run around during the short light hours, I have been...

After the unusual storms of early november, the gardens were a mess with almost every tree stripped of leaves (excluding the conifers) and some damaged. The main garden is not hit too bad as it's sheltered on all four sides by hedges, trees, walls...