The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: pets
Amongst Friands
Word has reached us from deepest darkest Norfolk to say that Vicky, the tortoise who we cared for for twenty plus years after the previous custodians upsticked and moved to California is now in her holding pattern pre hibernation. She … Continue reading
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New Puppy, New King
The Financial Advisor has acquired a new family member. And his subjects play homage to their new leader
Posted in miscellany, pets
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Zoomies And Other Mad Behaviours
One branch of the family (son and DIL) stayed for a while last year while works were done to their house. We had a feline guest, too. Tipsy. Given we lost our cat Nutmeg in that time, it was good … Continue reading
End Of August Garden
We’ve done little really. The lawn gets cut, we pick veg, we dead head and remove those annuals that have had their day. But mostly we’ve let it do its thing and run a little wild… I’ll let the gallery … Continue reading
Garden Mid May 2023 #garden
It’s very green but we’re still lacking the depths of colour. Still there’s time… I’ll just gallery the pictures for you to scroll through And there’s Dog and the Cat Guest And the last images of Vicky, who is now … Continue reading
Pandering #oldladies #cats
I’ve talked about our ancient cat, Nutmeg, who passed her 25th birthday this summer. She’s still mobile, still eats heartily and still detests the new interloper, Tipsy with the passion of the slighted Dowager. However, her hips are stiffer than … Continue reading
Week Thirty: 2022
I’ve started this on Friday. The Euro final is on Sunday. England v Germany. Groan. As someone once said. Football is a simple game of eleven v eleven, one ball, two halves and the Germans win on penalties. Above all … Continue reading
The Garden: July 2022, Part One
Goodness, we are being beaten up by the weather. We don’t water, as no doubt the Tower of London does its wildflowers so ours are beginning to wilt. The month was grand at the beginning… but recently it’s been getting … Continue reading
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