Why do people feel the need to be hauling a bottle of water or a huge coffee around everywhere? - it seems that to be "right on" you have to do the "coffee walk" into work each day looking like a...
to a song I heard briefly on the radio this morning. I think it was called, something like 'life's too short' I didn't quite catch the name of the artist but I think 'Darius' was at least, part of it....
Wednesday. It's raining and looks like it's enjoying itself so much it doesn't want to go anywhere else! Oh well; I won't have to water the garden today. Yer wee man is saying it's here for some time,...
AKA Tasmanian tree fern e(Dicksoia antartica), I often wondered about the word 'soft' in the common name, where in actual fact, the fronds feel hard and coarse in reality. Can anyone explain what part...
I have a number of different Astrantia that do well in my garden. Two years ago I planted five Astrantia Major and although the foliage is fine they are putting up very few flowers, less than six each...
I spent several hours in the garden today. A few hours after I finished I suddenly became aware of a burning sensation across my lower back under the level of the waistband on the shorts I was...
Monday. Some high cloud about, it looks like it's on fire with the rising sun lighting them up. It's going to be a nice day. I had a lovely day yesterday with my friends here for dinner, along with...
"A Farewell to Arms" is Ernest Hemingway's novel about an American soldier in Italy during World War I. He falls in love with a nurse in the hospital, decides to go AWOL, and rows all night with her...
Saturday. Wall to wall cloud and comparatively cool this morning. Some rain during the night, more to come too. Typical, I'm on the canal all day. The up side is my mate's wife is coming with us and...
My wife and I went to a cheese and wine party. We had a bit of a falling out. She was so angry, she threw a block of cheese at me. I said, "Oh, that was mature..."...
http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/21/mans-sunburn-in-the-heatwave-left-him-with-second-degree-burns-6725705/#mv-a Presumably he has been ginger for the last 20 years, and its only now that he is realising...
Here's a first, but someone has to kick off. Very warm this morning and humid with it to the point I couldn't sleep, so now sat in kitchen with a coffee. Dogs have just ambled outside and gone back to...