Hi There, . What a sad day it was for us yesterday. One of our friends died last week from , after a short illness, and it was finally in the morning. It’s weird how it somehow seems irretrievably real at that point, even though it has been an actual fact for some days before. [...]
Oct
1
2010
1
2010
Nov
26
2009
26
2009
A Metrosexual Cat.
Hello Peeps, . What a fine day this is. Today, my painters, who have been working here for nearly a month, will be completely FINISHED! . Yeaaaaaaah!! . No more of that scary Nitromors stuff, no more dust from sanding down the stripped wood, no more eye watering paint smells, and no more living in [...]
Nov
21
2009
21
2009
Oi, I Know Who Your Mum Is!
Good morning to you, . I fear that I am being very contrary once more. . I t is now 3am on Saturday morning and this will be the first morning of the week when I do not have to be up before workmen arrive, so, theoretically, it is the night that I could have [...]
Nov
18
2009
18
2009
Singing To Cows.
Hello, Hello, . Ah, the surprises of each day. Today we are back with the low grey skies and the heavy rain. . I braved it, in order to dash outside and feed the somewhat tattered looking birds, cowering in the tree and around the chimneys. . It is amazing how guilty you can feel [...]
Nov
3
2009
3
2009
Clearing The Tubes
Good morning to you, . Well I am in a remarkably excellent frame of mind this morning, given that we got to bed late last night and were up in the early hours again this morning. All to be bathed, combed, dressed, emptied and breakfasted, all far too frantically, all by some unfeasibly early hour, [...]
Oct
10
2009
10
2009
The Milky Bar Kid.
Hello, hello, hello, . I know what you are thinking. Why do I say that three times, when just once, would do fine. What am I adding to the greeting by saying it that way. It is just overkill…and general showing off. . Well, words are free, and I am feeling generous! So come on, [...]
Sep
19
2009
19
2009
Who Was That Man.
Hi people, . This is a very late post today. Usually I write them in the of the morning, when I feel like the last person left standing. A regular ‘War of the worlds’ or ‘I am legion’ type of feeling. But not today. I did not wake until after eight and it has been [...]
Aug
30
2009
30
2009
Taking Ioan Gruffudd’s name in vain.
Hi, Well, today is a landmark day for me. I shall enjoy it to the full. . You may remember that in a about three months age, I told you that Big H had started doing work in the living room, along with his assortment of various tools, ladders and accompanying pieces of detritus. Well, [...]
Aug
26
2009
26
2009
Queen Elizabeth II.
Hello Peeps, . I was going to tell you yet another tale of , but this morning, for some reason, I keep thinking of my mum. I possibly told you that she died earlier this year. . The death of a parent is extremely painful at first, but I think perhaps I have been lucky. [...]
Aug
7
2009
7
2009
A Whole New Thing.
. Hello Dear Peeps, . . Well, what do you think of my new website. ISN’T IT GREAT! . Recently, I sent my son a hopeful e- mail, to ask if it would be possible for some kind of index to be added to my blog site, so that it was not such a long [...]
Jul
23
2009
23
2009
Sondar The Treen.
Hey. . When I was a child we had a tortoise. He was called Sondar The Treen. This name was lifted from one of my brother’s Dan Dare comics. Sondar was a little alien who used to fly about while sitting on a saucer. He resembled our tortoise because he had a similar hard chin [...]
Jul
22
2009
22
2009
Looking through the eyes of love.
Hey, . We still have amazing monsoon weather here at the moment. Everything is looking so very, very green this year. I remember when we got back from living in the Middle East it was a shock to see somewhere that was so extremely green again.Walking once more in our lush Public Parks and feeding [...]
Jul
20
2009
20
2009
Doppleganger
Good morning to you all, . Last night I slept really deeply. I went to bed at 12.30am and slept straight through to 9.45. This is very unusual for me to sleep so late for no reason . I did have a strange dream though. I dreamt I was walking down a street and passed [...]
Jul
19
2009
19
2009
Homecoming.
Good day to you, . This morning I was thinking about my brother, because it is about time I went to see him, and I remembered something from way back when we were small children. . He had fallen over and hurt his knee, some time before it was noticed that he had red lines [...]
Jul
13
2009
13
2009
Strange Fruit.
Hi, . This morning I woke unfeasibly early again, but I was snug, and it was quite enjoyable to simply lie there next to a quietly sleeping Big H , just letting my mind drift past all sorts of disconnected memories and thoughts. . I remembered my father and various conversations that we had when [...]
Jun
25
2009
25
2009
NO NO NO
Hi Darlings, . ‘ Not so sunny today, and I hear that the weather will worsen soon. BOOOOOOOOO. . I arose a little later this morning, and did all the usual things, except for having Marmite on toast for breakfast. Very nice, but I do not feel an obsession coming on. . Then I made [...]
Jun
24
2009
24
2009
That’s Entertainment.
Hello darlings, . Did you read about the City of London Festival Street Pianos ? What an excellent idea. It seems that for about three weeks there will be 30 pianos placed in different locations around London and they will hopefully stimulate passing pedestrians to have a tinkle on the ivories. What an amazing idea. [...]
Jun
21
2009
21
2009
Good Morning Sunshine
Good Morning Darlings, . What a beautiful Monday morning it is today after fierce rain for most of the weekend. I love it when the sky is blue and gleaming from one side to the other. . When I went down to the living room and faced yesterday’s devastation, I was suddenly brought back to [...]
Jun
20
2009
20
2009
Cataracts.
Hi, . Yesterday I went to town for my yearly eye test, which is now free because I am over 60. . Last year the Optician used some kind of new camera that takes a photograph of the insides of your eyes, in order to check for all kinds of disease and degeneration. . You [...]
