Advanced Pilates

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The aim of this exercise is to stand on a step and place your chin on the riser below you, while stretching your arms straight back behind you – ideally without falling on your head. Note that this position is … Continued

Fruit course

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R and I put up most of the Christmas decorations today – a job I don’t enjoy very much, especially now that the Offspring are grown and I can’t make a family performance out of it, but which I still … Continued

Steampunk

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We don’t have a Steampunk convention in Stratford-upon-Avon, more’s the pity, but this fabulously dressed couple and two of their friends came to town today for the Victorian Christmas market, and I happened upon them outside the library, where a … Continued

Glider

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My usual route up onto the top of the Cotswold scarp takes me past the Cotswold Farm Park, and then up a steep hill, on the far side of which lies the village of Guiting Power. A couple of weeks … Continued

Baubles

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That’s an expletive, by the way. Another day of what little light there was being horrible, and another day of my head sinking lower into my shoulders; I now closely resemble a snapping turtle. Tomorrow is supposed to be an … Continued

Strutting

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This is a pretty accurate representation of how dark the garden was at 2pm this afternoon: two stops below the 18% grey the camera thinks is normal. I’d been hoping to go out somewhere – anywhere! – but it rained … Continued

Festive

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I’ve had this Echeveria ‘Black Prince’ for years,  but I’d completely forgotten that it’s capable of flowering – so it was a nice surprise when I realised the other day that it was putting out a couple of flower spikes. … Continued

Seasonal

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I’ve been resisting Christmas. But today I bowed to the inevitable and put up the first two decorations, which are always the wreath on the front door, and an Advent light in the sitting room window. So I may as … Continued

Figgy

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A little past their best, I can hear you thinking. But I wasn’t planning on eating them – I don’t like figs – and I think the colour still works. Maybe I should hedge my bets though, and tag them … Continued

Red-handed

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Do you know your face is covered with seed? No, but if you play it, I’ll sing it. I’m pointing out that you’re eating my bird food. Fake news. I’m just hangin’ here, admiring the view. A couple of weeks … Continued