Monthly Archives: October 2016

I’ve been running about like a mad thing today, and the best I managed photography-wise was to dash into M&S when I stopped to pick up a takeaway coffee in Stratford at lunchtime, and fire off a few shots at … Continued

R and I took ourselves off to the Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull today, to buy a few things such as iPad cases, sheets and drinking glasses. And coffee and cake, natch. I also took advantage of the trip to … Continued

These buttons, waiting to be sewn back onto a duvet cover, were all pulled off in the washing machine – though not in one freak, cataclysmic incident.  I like to save up little repair jobs such as a lost button, … Continued

I zoomed off to Stratford this morning to do various bits of banking, and on the way home stopped at Waitrose to pick up some flowers. I decided on chrysanthemums and alstroemeria in autumnal colours, and though having grown up … Continued

The Third Man wants to play as well, but the other two are being horrid, and ignoring him. Awwww…. What are they playing? Well, of course, it must be this. With thanks to Dollykgray for another challenging challenge, and to … Continued

There’s been a lot of buzz for the past couple of days about this weekend’s full moon (which being the full moon after the autumn equinox is called the Hunter’s moon) coinciding with a supermoon and therefore appearing especially large … Continued

I picked up these conkers on my photo walk around the village yesterday, and put them in the fridge to keep them as fresh as possible until I got round to photographing them. I think the fridge may now be … Continued

This afternoon I finally reached the end of the project which has been keeping me at my desk and driving me up the wall for the past couple of weeks. I celebrated by doing some accounts, and then walking about … Continued

Leaf fall is late this year for some reason, so my search for autumn colour this afternoon was a little frustrating. Eventually I did find some field maple leaves that I rather like, of which these are three. They weren’t … Continued

I had to run a few errands this afternoon, and knowing that the Mop was in town I decided to do them in Stratford, in the hope of also finding some blipportunities to exploit. Mop fairs were originally hiring fairs, … Continued