It was 14°C with 71 km/h gusts at 10.25am when the car moved – and Soot (the approaching 21 year old cat) was strolling around considering where to flop (following a bowl top up and gobbling a lot of it), and I’d grabbed a biscuit. A half dead looking man was getting out of a … Continue reading Adventures in High Winds: A Day Out (with soggy boots)
Encephalitis
This was advertised as a Valentines market…
Due to being irritated by the technology of blood sugar sensors all morning (I'm diabetic - and the devices take some getting used to), it took me a while, but I eventually got a bit of a grip on myself and moved from my chair, tidied myself up, and gave Soot the (approaching 21 year … Continue reading This was advertised as a Valentines market…
Wintery-ness
It was 3°C at 6.55am – and there was frost on car windscreens and the verges when I went out for my exercise... I did 3 laps of our road in 10 minutes and 30 seconds; and inside again – I decided to stay on my bed with the cat (who’d managed to get on … Continue reading Wintery-ness
The top 10 photos of January
Our little garden robin - proudly performing his morning wake up call... A really really wintery scene not far down the road... ...and our log fire (the ideal way to keep warm) A spider's hard work - frozen amongst the ivy in the 750 year old church yard at the end of our road I'd … Continue reading The top 10 photos of January
Exploring London’s Art Scene on a Frosty Day – Part 2
Part 1 The Burlington Arcade wasn’t far down the road; and Bell & Ross was selling ‘The Aviation Collection watches’, Mou had impressive slippers in the window, and a jewellery shop called Azza Family seemed to originate in Egypt. There was a shoe shine service; Sermoneta gloves; and a shop called Code 8 offering a … Continue reading Exploring London’s Art Scene on a Frosty Day – Part 2
Exploring London’s Art Scene on a Frosty Day
Temperatures were – 1°C at 9.37am, the car windows needed scraping, and it was 5 minutes later that it moved: There was frost everywhere (thawing slightly where sun was shining), it got parked at the station at 9.53am – where a Tardis Tanker was out on the road, and the ticket barriers were wide open … Continue reading Exploring London’s Art Scene on a Frosty Day
My December favourites
My wreath... (which probably wouldn't be termed a wreath)... (The day of crafting a wreath) A Christmas present (which its box terms cards of 'Shakespearean Witticisms')... An excellently sculpted snowman out in a rural field... Another snowy bit of English countryside... Flowers that survived the December chill... A snowy scene from our back window... An … Continue reading My December favourites
Observations in the Town Centre as Christmas Approaches
A squirrel was doing acrobatics on a bird feeder at breakfast time (and clinging on to a bar with the very end of one toenail) out on the pergola, a husband and wife blackbird were having an argument and several pigeons were hoovering the patio. Afterwards – tidying myself up and stuffing stuff in my … Continue reading Observations in the Town Centre as Christmas Approaches
Novembers top 10
One of the wintery sunsets... Some of the stalks in the garden following the frost... Some flowers that survived the cold temperatures… The veg trail with Uncle... A snowy day on a quiet street... An attempt at conversation (from both sides)... The robin who bounces round the garden - whatever the weather... Facial expressions as … Continue reading Novembers top 10
Trying to craft a christmas wreath
We'd been booked in for a wreath making workshop at Compton Verney this weekend - and the place was reached at 10.10am: in visitor reception there were cards, soap bars, dog treats, lots and lots of soft toys, and poo bingo sets – among a heck of a lot of other stuff ; and bright … Continue reading Trying to craft a christmas wreath
