Crack Willow
Their common name is crack willow. A bonus for June when she’s snapping off willow twigs to feed those browsers – her goats. But when the trunk (of an ancient crack willow tree with...
Tagged: snow
What’s the beef?
Three weeks ago, I rang, touching on eight of a Monday morning, the Fairlie Rural Transport number and spoke to Murray. For a while there I couldn’t decipher what he said. I told him,”it’s...
It’s snowing here.
On left, 15 cm (July 12), and on right, 10 cm (Aug. 7-8 – photo taken Aug. 9) It keeps snowing; it just keeps pouring down, not like any meteorological phenomenon but as if...
Hay, Hay, Hay
In the course of the last few years, those sniffing around for a lifestyle block have discovered the Fairlie district big time. And they in turn have attracted agricultural contractors who cater to their...
The Year’s First Snow
Graham R. Cooper These days, I don’t like snow to catch me by surprise. I’ve been caught out a few times over the years. When you’ve got to live with it, occasionally for weeks...
Recent Comments