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After a long day at the coal face of PC/Mac interaction, I’m tired and grumpy. I started today by trying to get all my music moved into iTunes on the Mac, and finished it thinking longingly about the 14-day return … Continued

“Sorry…? But…? That’s not an apple….” Bear with me. The kettle broke yesterday – a calamity in a household where gallons of tea are drunk each day. I could, of course, have trucked down to Currys in the Sham and … Continued

I walked around Oversley Wood again today, and there had been a noticeable change since my last visit a couple of weeks ago. Then the area was teeming with bees, butterflies and dragonflies, but today there were hardly any insects around, … Continued

Which sounds like an exotic alcoholic drink, but is actually the name of this very ugly fly. It wasn’t good bug weather today – it was cloudy and dark for the most part, and the wind that’s currently coming our … Continued

Husband and Son have both been rock musicians in their time. R was in a semi-pro band for a while after university – they were very good, and might have Made It but for the fact that they were producing … Continued

I don’t know what the people of the Vale have been up to, to deserve this – but I bet they’re sorry now. Somewhere out there in Middle Earth, two little Hobbits are bravely struggling towards Bredon Hill Mount Doom, … Continued

I’ve been meaning to do a dawn shot for the past few days, but not quite managing to get myself out of the house on time – and I almost didn’t this morning either. I woke up shortly after 7am … Continued

I went up to Cotswold Garden Flowers this afternoon, to buy an echeveria to replace the one I’d unwisely left outside through the recent wet weather – they don’t care for standing water, and both its heads had rotted off. The … Continued

R and I spent an hour in the garden this afternoon, clearing weeds and brambles. I’d like to say that you can see the difference we’ve made, but the beds don’t actually look noticeably better – it’s just the heap … Continued

I sneaked a few shots of this squirrel eating from the seed feeder before it realised that I was stalking it – at which point it whisked back up into the apple tree. I could still see its tail though, … Continued