East Yorkshire local and family history

 It has been very stormy the last few days and we have had lots of small branches and leaves strewn around the garden. This got me thinking ...

 Cannot make sense of the weather this summer. One minute it's unbearably hot and then next minute it’s damp and cold. Since our visitor...

Yet again it is raining and I have just put a bucket underneath an overflowing gutter. The garden is growing crops of chickweed as well as r...

At last it has rained and everything in the garden has soaked it up and looks much happier - including the weeds of course. Walking Molly I ...

The sky is blue, the cuckoo has been calling and we are still confined largely to our homes. But I have a big garden and there is plenty t...

I was listening to the radio this morning and the speaker mentioned that tomorrow is Rogation Sunday. This is the day when the Church  off...

The weather is cooler and so I am not so keen on gardening. Today is May Day, traditionally a day of fun and celebration but we are still co...

Here is another blog post from what is now the 'new normal' of lockdown. Like everyone I am missing seeing my friends in the f...

As this crisis continues I am forever grateful that I have a garden to walk round every morning. It must be so difficult for those who do no...

I am writing after we have been in 'lockdown' for a week and I suppose we are adjusting to the new normal. It seems odd not to ju...