Monthly Archives: September 2017

A pretty boring day of doing mostly useful but desk-bound things, while looking out of the window at some very unenticing weather. I wanted to avoid the situation I found myself in yesterday, when I didn’t pick up the camera … Continued

I may walk until I’m fainting, I may write until I’m blinded, I might drink until my back teeth are afloat, But I can’t forget my ruin and the happy days behind it, When I wore a pink carnation in … Continued

R and I went skipping off to London again this morning, and staggered back into the house again fourteen hours later having got through: 21,366 steps 17 flights of stairs climbed 10.08 miles walked 3,285 calories burned. On the down … Continued

The pot of calla lilies I bought a couple of months ago is now going over – quite literally: as each stem ages it demonstrates that it’s shuffling off this mortal coil by collapsing sideways onto the table. The foliage … Continued

The interface between ballet and knitting… I’ve had several requests to stop posting photos of spiders. My various responses: But they’re so beautiful! You do know we don’t have a single spider in this country that’s dangerous to humans…? You … Continued

There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red), And all the day long he’d a wonderful view Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue). A Doctor came hurrying round, and he said: “Tut-tut, … Continued

Both of us. She’s crabby because a) she’s a crab spider, and b) she hates me sticking a macro lens in her face, and I’m crabby because… never mind, it’s too boring. Tomorrow will be better. Every time I pass … Continued

The flowering ivy really is the gift that keeps on giving: today when I visited it, this hedge was playing host to half a dozen Red Admiral butterflies, as well as a host of bees, flies, and hoverflies. I also … Continued

It having been a looooong week, R and I went out for an unwinding-type lunch today, and decided to try The Ebrington Arms, a place we’d never visited before. People who know me well may be surprised that I would … Continued

I know – I’ve posted this building before. But it’s irresistible, isn’t it? Don’t you want to be in that room? Just the thought of it makes me go a bit mushy. This is what the inside of it looks … Continued