Posted in family, home on 30 November 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sunday 30 November 2008
Gordon’s telling everyone he has my Christmas present sorted! Odd that: I had something smaller and more sparkly in mind, preferably something I can wear about my person. Besides which, who wants a Christmas present that causes so much work?
This is the bit of the soon-to-be-ours forager that chops the grass/maize/whatever as [...]
Posted in Eating Out, The Black List, farm, home on 28 November 2008 | 3 Comments »
Friday 28 November 2008
Yesterday we all hit the ground running. Milking, the funeral of Daniel’s paternal grandmother in Bridgwater, the unexpected and very sad death of Stephanie’s cat Willow (due to an unknown tumour as it turns out), a doctor’s appointment that should have taken ten minutes but kept us hanging around for forty-five minutes [...]
Posted in family, home on 26 November 2008 | 7 Comments »
Wednesday 26 November 2008
No blog yesterday as I went off computers for the day. Gordon’s PC tried, but luckily failed, to kill me. It must have done it on purpose because I don’t think I’ve ever known a computer to do what it did, but if you know better please tell me and then I [...]
Posted in cats, family, photography on 23 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday 23 November 2008
This is Minx, scrounging at the table. Gordon feeds her scraps while he eats his lunch so consequently, come lunchtime, she’s sat at the table ready and waiting. She’s a lovely cat but she will just as happily bite fingers as food! She’s very sociable with humans and hates cats, which is [...]
Posted in family, friends, home, photography on 22 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday 22 November 2008
Luckily for you all, this is something I don’t plan to do on a regular basis, but this is me. On my birthday. I’m not really sure why I’m smiling – yes, that is a smile and not a grimace and yes, I know it’s hard to tell the difference – since [...]
Posted in Things that cause me amusement, family, friends, home, photography on 20 November 2008 | 6 Comments »
Thursday 20 November 2008
Following my previous post and the mention of new shoes, a present from Alex, I received a request from a friend (you know who you are) for a photo of them rather than just a description. As I get older it has to be said, I am developing a bit of a [...]
Posted in family, friends, home, photography on 18 November 2008 | 3 Comments »
Monday 17 November 2008
It was my birthday yesterday and from fairly early on in the day we were entertaining, first family then later friends and neighbours. Alexandra cooked a Sunday lunch for eight with Steph on peeling duties. She was convinced she did a bad job purely on the basis of a failed Yorkshire Pudding [...]
Posted in family, farm, home, photography on 14 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday 14 November 2008
No, I’m not being rude! Apparently the collective noun for swans is a wedge or bevy, so next time you see a lot of swans together you can impress (or confuse the heck out of) your friends by saying “oh, look at that lovely wedge of swans”! This bevy of bathing beauties [...]
Posted in home on 11 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday 11 November 2008
I want to be able to watch the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph without getting emotional about the 112 year-old guy, one of the last three survivors of the First World War, attempt to stand from his chair and lay his own tribute whilst wiping away a tear for his fallen [...]
Posted in Things that cause me amusement, home on 9 November 2008 | 5 Comments »
Sunday 9 November 2008
Something different for a Sunday if you like taking quizzes to see what kind of flower you are … if you were a flower that is. I’m not, of course, but if I were, according to this quiz I’d be a Canna. I don’t know what it is, but it’s quite pretty, [...]
