[gallery type="circle" columns="2" ids="651,650,652,653,655,656,658,660"] It snowed again today. Jon, Humphrey and I went out pruning amongst the vines and we took some photos with my pocket camera (hence the dodgy quality). Humphrey quickly lost interest once she realised there was no food at the end of...

My grandmother, Brenda, turned 80 this year. We served her fruit and cheese and walked around her meticulously  tended garden, guided by her air whipping walking stick. She is an acerbic, sharp Scottish woman with a curvaceous figure and a Roman nose. I used to...