It is a short flight to New York from West Palm Beach in Florida - just over two hours. However the journey time is more than doubled by the  need to arrive at the airport two hours before the flight. … [Read more...]

OMG! What is that dreadful screeching noise? It is only seven o'clock and I had intended to have a lie-in - after all, it is Sunday and Mothers' Day. Oh, I see. Half a dozen mowers and blowers are out … [Read more...]

It is so peaceful sitting here on the patio listening to the distant hum of traffic, the whir of sprinklers and the cackling of some crows. The air is so still - hot and humid. Am off on my … [Read more...]

So tragic to read in the Guardian newspaper that FIVE sperm whales have been washed up dead on the coast off Lincolnshire. Guardian 25th January 2016: "A fifth dead whale has been found washed up … [Read more...]