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Today has been a day of failing to achieve most of the things that were on my to-do list, owing to letting myself be sidetracked onto time-wasting nonsense. To make matters worse, R has just cast a glance at my … Continued

R and I went to Stratford this morning to run errands. We also had coffee and lardy cake (I know: outrageous!) at Huffkins, which was very nice. After indulging and erranding, I walked down to the river and took some … Continued

Firstly, thank you for all the lovely comments, stars and hearts you bestowed on yesterday’s blip; I will try to get round to answering everyone personally tomorrow. Today was a day of horrid weather: we had rapidly-alternating periods of sun, … Continued

R and I have been celebrating a sort of anniversary today – not our wedding anniversary, which is in May, but it’s 30 years ago today that we went on our first official date. We’d known each other for several … Continued

A leap of faith happens every time I go outside and sit on the patio with the camera: the birds know I’m there, but they’re hungry, and after watching me from the trees for a few minutes they decide that … Continued

It has been a staying indoors kind of day today: fine, but with a bitter north wind that brought me home shivering from Arthur’s walk this morning despite a thick ski jacket. I ventured out into the garden before lunch … Continued

I had another alto section rehearsal this morning, which went very well – which is good because the concert is just three weeks away. Our choirmaster is pretty chipper about it, which isn’t always the case at this stage in … Continued

On the way back from Herefordshire yesterday I called at the only supermarket that lies on my route home. It’s not somewhere I normally shop – a decision strengthened by the rather disturbing smell of fatty meat pies that hung … Continued

I spent the morning doing boring things: the washing machine door lock broke last week, and having had it replaced a couple of days ago I was still working through a backlog of washing; and then I reconciled some accounts, … Continued

If I were the size of a goldfinch, I don’t think I’d choose to argue with a greenfinch – not only are they bigger, but they always look to be scowling ferociously. But goldfinches are feisty little things, and this … Continued