Winter

The sunrises and sunsets have been really incredible for the past month or so at Heydon Hill, at least incredible on the days when we have actually seen the sun.

Most of December felt like living in a tupper ware box with the lid on

and we didn’t see alot of the wood for days on end, nor hear birds, only the drip drop of moisture falling from the trees.

No sun, or rather no real light at all, also means no energy going into the solar panels and limited power for us.

So in the shortest days of the year, with days that never really became light and hardly any actual sun we are being so careful with our electric usage and the very few appliances that we have.

Luckily it is cold enough to go without a fridge, and who would want to drink chilled red wine anyway? However I am on the look out for a small chest freezer to convert into a low energy fridge.

In the evenings we get to eavesdrop on what could be described as long conversations between the tawny owls, calling from one side of the wood to the other.

Bring on the sunny, clear, cold frosty days that we need to kill all the bugs that like to eat my PSB, and more importantly that we need for our mental wellbeing as the short days of winter plod on.

Happy New Year!