Such a beautiful evening so I cycled across town to visit a friend who's under the weather.... Decided to cycle the long way home calling in on an aber who may just have some mulled wine on the go.......
....the arrival of my new toaster......I didn't particularly want a new toaster....even though mine only worked by switching the plug on and off....and that wasn't always successful so a good shake...
Chatting with a friend today about chilblains we disagreed about the name of the ointment we used as children. She said it was called Wintergreen Ointment and I remembered it as Grasshopper Ointment....
A few weeks ago I discovered my local pub had been taken over by a lad.... well more than a lad now.....I last saw forty nine years ago.....Lord knows how he recognised me! Last week he said his...
...were my bliss tonight at our town Christmas Gala.... We have a large market square where the gala takes place....it was happy and fun..... The pipe band was terrific......lovely playing and nice...
...winning the pub quiz! Not the jackpot but it's nice for that to build up a bit....... Lord knows how we win with me on the team......I have a new and snazzy phone......thought....better turn this...
Bliss 1......not being weighed and measured at my Toning Tables session... Was not looking forward after three weeks of Sangria and Portuguese food.... but the instructor forgot.....so I kept...
......was my unexpected bliss tonight....... My host is emptying his freezer....probably to make room for left over turkey......so tonight's offering was some forgotten faggots...... I was then...
When I arrived at this apartment two and a bit weeks ago I was greeted by a wonderfully loud wolf whistle from the balcony next door..... Oooo...I thought....tummy in....shoulders back, Gness....this...
Standing on a bridge watching six chaps cycle by....on one bike......oh the lycra overload! Had to sit down and gather myself.... But what do you call a bike for six people? I know seven is a...
....when I meet someone who is the double of someone I know.......then I watch her.... She moves and gesticulates in exactly the same way...the laugh is the same.... Then she speaks to me and the...
...any more than we have.......and we know who to blame for that....! My brother should have been with the birding group here in Portugal but had to go into hospital instead..... My gadgets aren't...
It's with such sadness that I am posting that the lovely Psybbo has passed away after a short illness. She died peacefully in her sleep, at home, with her family beside her. Her children have asked me...
And I loved it! I took my knitting across the border to a pub which has a lovely covered area with sofas and squishy chairs where I could celebrate the arrival of a wool shop in my town. There is a...
My little town only has one street through the centre....but everything you'd need except an ironmonger and a wool and fabric shop...til today! Bliss indeed when I spotted..opposite the chiropodist...
I have no email....a message telling me I am barred for breach of contract and to email??...or phone. I phone and the automated question lady asks if I am calling about a problem with the phone I am...
I took a very ordinary picture of my garden last night - but then fed it through the most marvelous 'app' on my iPaddy - the three processed photos are : http://oi63.tinypic.com/2wg95xk.jpg...
...well just the whole day really.....no wind...no rain....just sunshine... A bit too hot on the roof so I painted trellis under a tree......sorted out some shrubs that were getting too big for their...
....an unexpected find......The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault.....a brilliant and funny play...set in Ireland with a large cast, a band and a dog..... It was performed by The Shoestring Theatre...