It’s that time again: time for a holiday with Dylan a.k.a. “Parrot-sitting”. It is Day 3 and we are settling into a workable routine that suits us both - well, me, anyway. This African Grey Parrot is … [Read more...]
Pimms, paint and pleasing people.
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.(by John Lydgate) Have you noticed how … [Read more...]
Open Gardens and Gardening
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...]
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