‘Feed The Birds’

'Feed the birds tuppence a bag' goes the song from the film Mary Poppins.                  I feed the birds in the garden all year round, it costs a little more these days. Observing birds in the garden and feeding them is, for me, an important element of enjoying … Continue reading ‘Feed The Birds’

Trentham Gardens.

Some summer flowers and a little sunshine to bring cheer to a winter's day. In August 2016 we visited Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire with the Black Pear Gardening Club. Trentham is an award winning garden which has won numerous awards including BBC Countryfile’s Garden of the Year 2015. There is a large Garden Centre and … Continue reading Trentham Gardens.

New Year – New Blog.

Welcome to brimfields.com, thank you for visiting. This is my new blog covering two interests in The Life of Brian, photography and gardening. I recently started to develop a blog about my photography alongside my other blog Our Garden@19, which I first published two years ago. These two have now been merged into brimfields.com The pages, … Continue reading New Year – New Blog.

2016 In Close Up.

This is the time of year when we think about the new year and reflect on the old one. The pictures below are some of the close up photographs from Our garden@19 taken during 2016. The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing … Continue reading 2016 In Close Up.

Clash of the Titans.

  We visited the National Trust property, Charlecote Park in Warwickshire in October. They have an historic fallow deer herd which comprises all four colours of the species - common, menil (the spots are more distinct), melanistic (very dark) and leucistic- almost white.

A Special Place. (Laugharne)

Laugharne castle overlooking... ...the estuary of the River Taf. The Boat House, the family home of Laugherne's famous resident, Dylan Thomas, from 1949 until his death in 1953. His writing shed, looking out across the estuary. At high tide the sea comes in over the car park... ...causing panic for those who haven't read the … Continue reading A Special Place. (Laugharne)