My garden had a thorough soaking during Monday night which brought out all the snails for a dawn fest. I collected over three dozen and dumped them under the hedge across the road. It did … [Read more...]
Sleep
Did you get enough sleep last night? Come to think of it, what is “enough”? I have always thought that eight hours was the normal amount but what is ‘normal’? Does the daytime narcoleptic napping … [Read more...]
Knotting in May – mayhem and macrame.
Everyone knows that sailors could tie knots. They had to - their lives depended on properly tied ropes. But how good are you at knotting? At the May meeting of my local Women’s Institute it took … [Read more...]
May mutterings and seasonal gripes . . .
Were you surprised by the glorious sunshine over Easter weekend? It was still a bit chilly down here on the Thames Estuary so when I packed for the weekend I was still in “winter mode”. Fortunately I … [Read more...]
My Collection of Books.
Books have been part of my life since I was first able to turn the pages. However, the advent of digitised versions of books both fiction and non-fiction has completely changed my outlook. That and … [Read more...]
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