by Kate Lloyd | May 27, 2020 | In lockdown
I previously wrote a post about the bluetits having made a home in our previously unoccupied bird box. Well they seem to be thriving and apparently busily feeding nestlings judging by the frequency of trips to the fat balls hanging by our kitchen door. Here are a few...
by Kate Lloyd | May 25, 2020 | In lockdown, Travel
I love Italy and go there at least once a year if possible, so this year I am missing the pleasure of that trip and I am grieving for the population suffering so badly from Covid 19. At the same time I’ve been reading a book about Italy during World War 2,...
by Kate Lloyd | May 24, 2020 | In lockdown
We’ve been walking new paths since the start of lockdown as our permitted outdoor exercise. To start with there were few leaves on the trees, and now as the weeks have gone by the countryside looks different with green everywhere. The bluebells have mostly gone,...
by Kate Lloyd | May 19, 2020 | Gift Ideas, In lockdown, practicalities
Why frame a picture? Camargue herd with reflections These days many pictures remain in digital form forever. This has certain disadvantages, as you may not quite remember where it lives as your collection gets bigger. Maybe it was on that old phone….. So you...
by Kate Lloyd | May 18, 2020 | Gift Ideas, In lockdown
I don’t know about you but my hair is normally cut about once a month. Now we are getting into month 3 of lockdown, and looking at a wait until July for hairdressers. I will be in dreadlocks by then! – well that may be an exaggeration! But just think about...
by Kate Lloyd | May 14, 2020 | Gift Ideas, In lockdown, Recent assignments, Travel
When I was about 6 years old I heard about the white horses of the Camargue. I’m not sure how that happened, but even at that age I knew they were special and I wanted to see them. It took a long time (about 60 years!) until I could actually go and visit but...
by Kate Lloyd | May 11, 2020 | In lockdown
I mentioned the other day that we are walking in the local countryside as our permitted out door exercise. As we go along we talk a little about a variety of topics. One of these is prompted by the dogs we see taking their owners for a walk in the country....
by Kate Lloyd | May 1, 2020 | In lockdown, Uncategorized
How are you doing in Lockdown? My interest in virtual shows is waning slightly, though I need to make some videos for the Royal Windsor Horse show virtual style. Meanwhile as you know I like to take pictures of horses in herds moving at a gallop. Here’s a total...
by Kate Lloyd | Apr 26, 2020 | In lockdown, Uncategorized
I mentioned the other day that as we walk through the countryside various words pop into my head, and we discuss them, sometimes having a good laugh about them, sometimes wondering about the origins. So this week’s word is Livery. To me as a horse obsessed...
by Kate Lloyd | Apr 21, 2020 | In lockdown, Uncategorized
Our daily lockdown exercise tends to be a walk in the local countryside, and we are very fortunate that we can do this largely without meeting anyone, so retaining our social distancing obligations. While walking various topics of conversation come up, though we walk...
