Happy New Year -2014
Just as it says in the heading: may you all have a peaceful and happy New Year!!!
View ArticleAs the old year wanes – a cat’s view
This is Abbey Kat – an elder states’ cat. She can’t take the excitement, as you can see. I think I may need to rename her: Eggs Benedict AbbeyClick to view slideshow.
View ArticleKitchen Project: Day 1
The aim is to create a new kitchen and an office space from our dining room. The old galley kitchen will become the new dining room. This is the state of play at the start of day 1. I am not going to...
View ArticleKitchen Project: Day 2
At the end of the first day; the kitchen looked like this. Colonialist pointed out last night, solving the unexpected problems is part of the fun. Not sure the other half would agree. The bottom half...
View ArticleKitchen Project: End of Day 2
Wall down; RSJ up. Floor filthy. Now to tidy up before next weekend… :-) Click to view slideshow.
View ArticleMy Study: pre decorating
Well here we are, we are past the Ides of March and I finally have half a study. Next week we finish the clear out and paint! I’m starting to feel like a real author Click to view slideshow.
View ArticleThe Study Has Landed
A bit more decorating needed, but it’s definitely a study. Unfortunately, I don’t know what excuse I can use now – either for the lack of writing or for not using the running machine :-)
View ArticleA journey round wordpress
Today I’m on Canvey, a brief stop before heading off to Blenheim to photograph a bookshelf. You never know, there might be an ostentatious book reading while I’m there – just for fun you understand....
View ArticleHelp wanted
MoreThanACat:help needed :-) Originally posted on The Secret of Aldwych Strand/ Symington Byrd Mysteries: Just a short post. I would consider it a great honour if you could pop over and have a look at...
View ArticleThe New kitchen – purchase 1
In January OH knocked through from the kitchen into the dining room, put a wall up and created me a study/writing room/place to be pretentious :-) The aim is to turn the old kitchen into a dining room,...
View ArticleWoodham Mortimer: an awful lot of history
If you are traveling along the A414 to Malden you will go through Woodham Mortimer and you will pass this view. Blink – of course – and you will miss it. On the left of the road there is a church and a...
View ArticleAnnual wash your Cuddly Toy Dog Day
In our house, it’s annual wash your cuddly toy dog day. The toy dog in question is Lankey. He’s 45. Some would say we should let it be. He’s made of fabric; his ears need changing. And despite a...
View Article50 before 50 – the rules
Simples… I have to post proof that the challenges left to do have been completed. I have to blog the memory of the challenges already completed…
View ArticleIn the wee small hours
I woke to the sound of a heavy breathing dog. He had moved. His fan (a dyson – yes I know, spoilt) was no longer cooling him down. For my own sanity, I sorted it out: until he moved again. Then with...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Relax
When you need a massage, there’s nothing like one from your bestie for more takes on this week’s challenge click here
View ArticleJanuary Blogging Challenge: Imaginary Friend
“If Sarah wasn’t a writer,” OH said over dinner, “I’m sure she’d be schizophrenic.” As you can imagine, Mother was horrified. A brussel sprout clattered back onto her plate. A dead ringer for Her...
View ArticleBurning question
Six people give an account of a dinner party. One member of the party doesn’t mention one of the guests at all during his account. Why not?
View ArticleSaying Goodbye
To three camping stalwarts today: our Elsan toilet, the camping fridge, and the old brown coolbox. All have done stirling service. None owe us anything. While two of them – for certain – cost us...
View ArticleCrick Boat Show 2017 – a review
Last year, newbies to the event, we paid for three days camping, a weekend pass … and a vague idea of “buying a boat” at “Some point” in a “distant future”. Our minds were blown away, from the initial...
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