Monthly Archives: September 2016

Yes, OK – it’s clipped. But wotchergonnadoo with light like this? Well, yes, I know – not shooting into it would have been a better idea, probably – but the swans were coming from that direction, and I liked their … Continued

We have a huge old cider apple tree down in the far garden, with a hollow but wonderfully spiralled trunk, and which is one of the last living reminders that this village was once largely orcharded. A few years ago … Continued

I managed to get two of the urgent items off my To-Do list today: to the relief of R, myself and most probably you too, I finally ordered a new sofa (earning squillions of AirMiles or whatever they’re now called … Continued

At least, I think that’s what it is: there are several species of longwing butterfly which look very similar. I had lots of urgent things to do today, and I couldn’t quite decide which to tackle first… so I left … Continued

This is the Sanctuary Knocker on the north door of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. Under mediaeval Common Law, anyone accused of a serious secular offence – though not something such as heresy or witchcraft – could gain legal sanctuary … Continued

R and I went down to Cardiff to have lunch with Child One, L, and her partner G – partly because it’s a while since we’ve seen them, and we wanted to hear all about L’s recent trip to India, … Continued

The annual Food Festival is running in Stratford at the moment. Last year I went on the Saturday afternoon, when the whole town was rammed, it was sunny and hot, and tempers (mine, at least) were fraying – and I … Continued

Today was the last day of R’s two-week holiday from the salt mine: on Monday he returns for his final month there before downshifting to a single job. We’d originally thought that we would go out for the day and … Continued

At the beginning of this month I screwed my courage to the sticking post and joined a local camera club – only to find that, contrary to my fears, they’re a very friendly bunch of people. I now, of course, … Continued

Yesterday evening R found a sofa that he liked the look of on the John Lewis web site; but if the Great Cheltenham Sofa Debacle of 2016 taught us anything, it’s that you can’t tell how vilely uncomfortable a sofa … Continued