Red sky at night, miller's delight. Can you see Venus? (above centre)

The first cut of the lawn this year and an aircraft making a handbrake turn.

A warm, dry afternoon provides an opportunity to mow the lawn and collect fallen twigs.

Stacking logs on the concrete to dry. The good bits will be used for lumber, the rest for firewood.

Wild flowers cardamine bulbifera growing in the back garden.

They attract lots of butterflies, including these pretty orange and white ones.

Pretty wild flowers "greater stitchwort" growing under the trees by the river bank.

A delivery of scaffolding which Brunhilda (the tractor) carried across the fields from the roadside....

A nice day for a walk along the path to the weir.

Patches of daisies growing in the grass.

A pretty buttercup growing in the grass.

A view across the fields to the south east.

A view southwards along the valley. It is unusual for a water mill to have such long distance views.

March 24th - trees coming into leaf.

A tall ash tree with leaves starting to show.

The road to Haulies.

A 35m tall aspen tree coming into leaf.

A cherry tree in the front garden in bloom.

It is April and spring is well and truly underway. Trees along the river bank.

The "picnic tree" (left), an apple tree covered in blossom (centre) and an Aspen tree almost fully o...

April 4th - the first rose of spring.

An ornamental cherry tree in bloom.

A pretty sunset.

A pretty sunset.

An apple tree in bloom.

The evening sun shining through the trees.

The apple tree in bloom.

A walk to the weir. View south along the valley seen from the farmer's bridge over the mill stream.

By the bend in the river at the south-west corner of the park. The trees are well and truly in leaf ...

The south-east corner of the park seen from beneath the picnic tree. The colours are fantastic (if y...

Wood for lumber. We strip the bark because it holds water and provides a habitat for wood-boring ins...

In spite of laying in the grass for 18 months, the large Aspen trees are mostly good wood.

Samples of wood grown on the property. Left to right: Hornbeam, Plane, Aspen and Ash. Hornbeam and A...

Our first woodworking project - a replacement handle for the cast iron pan. Hopefuly, later projects...

Venus, the evening star, in the sunset sky.

A pretty, forgotten rose beside an old collapsed garden shed.

A pretty, wild rose growing on the bank of the mill stream.

A dramatic sunset.

Roses in the afternoon. 'Masquerade' from a cutting given to us by our friend Karen.

Masquerade and Queen Elizabeth roses. The backdrop provides that 'edge of rainforest' look.

A 'Queen Elizabeth' rose in only its second year.

Roses in the evening.

The view west towards the "picnic tree".

Scoundrel at work. The coypu is a type of small beaver which shares the property with us and they se...

Masquerade rose lit by the rays of the evening sun shining through the trees.

DIY - measuring up the chimney and bread oven area in preparation for decorating and installing the ...

Harvesting wood from the large Aspen trees which were felled 18 months ago.

The large branching sections will make some striking architectural features inside the building. A l...

More character architecture in the making.

The timber pile: Ash, aspen, hornbeam and willow.

The wood in this willow log has an attractive, reddish hue.

Florence, the flail mower, beats a path where gardeners fear to tread.

A small deer ambles across the park, nibling grass and the leaves on low hanging branches.

Sylvia's white climbing rose surrounded by the pink Excelsior.

Gazing up into the cannopy while relaxing in the shade of the apple tree by the small water fall.

Clouds gather before a dramatic thunder and lightning storm in the evening. The downpour was greatly...

A tall aspen against a dramatic cloudscape.

Trees in Silouette against a dramatic cloudscape.

An evening walk around the park. Ash trees by the river bank.

Sun shining through the walnut tree.

Long shadows and evening sun on the trees.

Pretty wild peas.

Sunset over the valley of the Arrats.

Clouds illuminated by the setting sun.