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R and I went to Gloucester today, to see the Tall Ships Festival. It wasn’t as impressive as I’d hoped it would be – largely because Gloucester Dockyard is absolutely massive, and it would take very many more than eight … Continued

Yesterday afternoon my light pad arrived. My excitement about this event ran head-first into my disinclination to take any electronic gizmo out of its packaging if setting it up might possibly prove problematic, and knocked itself out cold – and … Continued

R and I went to Croome this morning, me laden with cameras and lenses. It was an absolutely glorious morning, but by 10.30 it was already getting hot, and promising to be blistering later in the day. We began by … Continued

If you use any kind of Apple device you’re probably aware that the operating systems have recently been updated. Yesterday I downloaded and applied an extensive list of iOS and app updates onto both my iPhone and iPad, and at … Continued

This pretty thing is Pyrausta aurata, otherwise known as the Mint Moth. As its name suggests, its larvae feed on mint and similar plants such as catnip, as well as various other Simon and Garfunkel lyrics culinary plants such as … Continued

To absolutely no-one’s surprise I was rather tired today, so I mostly lolled about, or strolled around with a camera looking for interesting things to photograph. It wouldn’t be absolutely true to say that I did no gardening, but I … Continued

I slept well last night, with no painkillers, and today I can breathe pretty normally (albeit with some slightly disturbing clicking noises from my rib cage), and my jeans belt fastens on its normal notch. Yay! This morning I also … Continued

Firstly, many thanks for all the good wishes you’ve bestowed on me over the past couple of days – you really are a lovely group of people! I’m happy to say that I’m already much restored by a good night’s … Continued

I was all set to do a little rant here about the fact that I was cleared by a doctor for discharge at about 9am today, and only actually discharged at nearly 4pm (and that after R had made an … Continued

It’s not my habit to be up at half past five in the morning, but we needed to leave home just after six today to be sure of getting me to the hospital on time. The hardest thing about it … Continued