Day Two
Because R and I had a two-day wedding – Registry Office and high tea for a handful of people on the Friday, followed by a church blessing and reception on the Saturday – we feel that we’re morally entitled to … Continued
William Shakespeare was baptised on 26th April 1564, and died on 23rd April – St George’s day – in 1616; and every year there’s a festival in Stratford-upon-Avon on the nearest weekend to his baptism date. On the Saturday there’s … Continued
I’m not wholly sure if that’s the right word – I’ve always thought of serendipity as meaning something you find or discover by chance, whereas this is more a happy accident; but fortuity seems ugly, and I can’t come up … Continued
Not than I’m moaning (I never moan, as you know), but… you wait two years for a half decent photo of a great crested grebe, and then 78 come along at once. So today’s processing may take a while – … Continued
Well, it’s my own fault. If I’d said, “Oh, no – that’s not your colour at all, and I really hate the lapels,” instead of gazing at him all misty-eyed and weak-kneed, he wouldn’t have bought it. But I cannot … Continued