Seeds in the hooter

Judging by Barty’s pained looks, his unwillingness to move from his special armchair, his constant tickety-tacketting around after dark on restless paws and his volcanic, near-constant sneezing, we conclude that he has the abovementioned complaint. Not to mention the strings and ropes of snot, discarded all over the house at nose-level.
The poor beast is also [...]

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Duvet Nostalgia

I stayed at the Little House last night – gotta start packing, omg – and in the midst of pulling out my winter-weight quilt and a lovely furry flanellette bed set from the cupboard, a whole load of memories got pulled out too.
I remember buying that flannelette bedset; I remember the incredulity with which I met the [...]

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Galloping towards Christmas….

Again, whole weeks gone and nothing bloggish to show for it.
It’s amazing to me how we drop into a sort of busy neutral; the world flows past us or we whizz past thr world and don’t make contact much along the way. Time to slow down and think of 10 lovely or striking things that happened [...]

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Things I Loved About my Weekend in Cornwall…

Seeing my family. There’s nothing quite like the seaside for inspiring a little bit of giddy irresponsibility, as seen by my brother’s eyebrows taking on a life of their own…
 The wonderful weather. No rain, no wind to speak of, sunshine, warmth, sweet breezes and heavy dew. The scenery was amazing, all the nostalgia of my [...]

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18th Century Evening

My dearest pal M and I had a real retro gathering last night – not harking back to the 1960’s, oh no. Try the 1760’s and you might be closer to the mark….
Supper and cosy gossip in the kitchen, then curled up in the sitting room with our various projects. I was finishing a peridot, [...]

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On Intolerance, Forgiveness and Neutrality

Whenever I think of forgiveness, I think of healing; of forgetting old wrongs and stepping forward with open arms, and being big-hearted enough to rise above perceived slights and omissions. I believe, by and large, that this means of operation is the right and true one, that grudges are pointless and worse, damaging to the [...]

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Notes From a Hospital Bed

… I saw this blog referred to in a newscast this afternoon – this poor individual has been reduced to playing ‘Guess the Meal’ with the privately-managed catering operation his hospital runs. I feel it’s worth a look, even if only to elicit yelps of horrified recognition!
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… and now Traction Man has been rumbled by [...]

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Home Shopping Rules the Waves!

I’ve given up on shops, practically speaking. I find the hurly-burly of trudging around retail emporia utterly draining. While I understand the need to prop up local enterprise with my pound, I can’t see the point of investing my hard-earned locally when I’m shopping at chains like M & S or Monsoon.
Birthday crisis? Internet. The [...]

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A Foul & Mysterious Odour….

At 0420hrs I awoke to a real foetid reek emanating from <somewhere> close by. It was so strong, so multi-layered and so immediate that I couldn’t even contemplate going back to sleep. Realising that the dog must be ill, I woke the PF, who nearly gagged, and gingerly lowering his feet to the floor, tiptoed his [...]

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On Reading and Writing

What am I reading at the moment? The PF is looking on in bewilderment as I make every corner of his home my own, by festooning it with books in the process of being read. The whole house is a nightstand, if you want to look at it that way. I thought I might start [...]

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