A while ago,, I asked about the very odd crossword in the December edition of SWMBO's magazine. There are no clues for most of the across clues,just a letter. I have come back to it again and again. "...
I am sad to read that one of my favourite writers has passed away. Even now, forty years on, I still read through his collected Observer television reviews and laugh out loud at his wit and marvel at...
I watched this on DVD on Saturday and, as well as laughing out loud at the time, I can't stop thinking of all the funny scenes and smiling at the recollection of them all. Well worth watching if you...
Good morning everyone - warm and humid here today, they say rain but I truly don't believe it, weird weather but typical, one day it's woollies and wellie s, next it's bikinis !! Amazing we don't...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 16a Colour of gin flavoured with rhubarb, the berries of Angostura bitters, a scarlet hunting jacket, or a chaffinch's call [4] 25a Precipitation falling from...
Good morning everyone - from a rather overcast South Oz where at least it is cool after the stinker last Wednesday !! Probably a fore runner of what we can expect through the summer months, not...
Thursday. It's a bit cooler outside here this morning. Just the usual runnin around and a wee bit of shoplifting to do, then I've no idea. (I'm trying to pretend mount ironing isn't there). So that's...
Wednesday. Dry, no wind but chilly outside. I don't think there is anything on for today, so somme ironing might get done, but I wouldn't put money on it! We shall see.
Have a happy day everyone....
Good morning everyone - another lovely mild Spring day which is just as well as it will be 42 on Wednesday and very windy with it ...yuck!! Mad Monday of course in the seeks household but that's par...
Stan could be just what the country needs. I am sure that he can team up with Larry (already living and No. 10), El Gato Corbyn and all the other moggies who work within parliament....
Good morning everyone - lovely sunny Spring day here, and the fact Mr Seeks is improving and may be home next Tuesday if all goes well, makes for not a bad Saturday !! Now all i need to do is figure...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 12a Botanical structures which may be used dried for potpourri, crystallised for cake decorations, pressed, or used for butonnieres, and corsages [7] 7d...
Good morning everyone - it's not too bad here today, though windy and getting quite warm however the seeks household has gone a bit crazy with Mr seeks going into hospital last night after his first...
Tuesday. There was a big, bright full moon shining, almost as bright as day, until it clouded over. I paid a visit to Longfield Hospice yesterday, as always I felt at peace the second I walked through...
Good morning everyone - i live in a crazy country.....we have snow in the southern regions along with very strong cold winds ....and the north is ablaze with bushfires .....I'm happy I'm in the...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 38a Roman de la -; written by Guillaume de Lorris with a continuation by Jean de Meun, a medieval French poem in the form of an allegorical dream [4] 47a...
Recently saw an advert for a Biography - Writers - their Lives and Works - and I'm stumped by the photo on the front cover ....I know the face but can I remember the name .....?? Senior moments...
Good morning everyone - a lovely sunny day here, after a beautiful rain last night, complete with thunder and lightning, just for effects !! If only the next few weeks would be the same, it would be...