
The Triffid
Earlier this year we took a load of the compost that we’d made at home up to the allotment. All sorts go in there but alas I still haven’t lured in a family of slowworms. Give it time! As well…
Living in the realm of curiosity
Living in the realm of curiosity
Earlier this year we took a load of the compost that we’d made at home up to the allotment. All sorts go in there but alas I still haven’t lured in a family of slowworms. Give it time! As well…
In the interest of keeping my eBay reselling business simple I’ve been scratching my head and thinking more about things that will be easy to sell. Some years ago I experimented with sourcing, restoring and selling vintage jewellery. I had…
I like to think of myself as a delicate little flower, hence today’s picture. But the men in my life since childhood have always thought otherwise. As a kid I used to help my dad mend the clapped out old…
Sometimes I go back to my former blog for inspiration. Although it’s not publicly accessible anymore I’ve kept it as a resource for my own perusal. I came across a post from 2012 about this painting by the elusive J…
Now I’m in two minds about The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson. Yes, its author is the woman who wrote the Moomintroll fantasies. There’s a Moomin hanging from the back window of Klaus the Knaus, my motorhome. The girl in…
Bass en masse have been spotted in the little cove that is a short walk from our house. Tristan, a local fisherman also released a rare blue lobster there that he had caught. So yesterday Hot Stuff and I went…