Out and about
A pretty old coal chute A luggage storage facility in a local barber shop. I wondered why someone would need luggage storage here when the central station is close by, then I realised that there are...
View ArticlePhotographs from over the years
I was going through my boxes of photographs to find nice ones for my brother’s memorial service. While I was doing that, so many thoughts went through my mind, and not all of them about the memories....
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This watermelon soap (!) at Lush looked gorgeous. I love watermelon colours (watermelon tourmaline is one of my favourite stones) and I used to love watermelon as well. Unfortunately I ate fermenting...
View ArticleAdolescence series, Netflix
I watched this four-part series over the last couple of days. I won’t say anything else to prevent spoiling it. The acting is incredible (Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty were...
View ArticleSmells
I saw this in the underground station today: I often think that smell is one of our underappreciated senses. We usually think of sight and hearing, but smell can be so evocative. I love the smell of...
View ArticleA day
Finally warm enough to wear shoes! In the spring sunshine, I wore my classic trench coat by Filippa K and a gold-plated sterling silver ball bracelet For an evening meeting: HOPE shirt, Maanesten Leo...
View ArticleI would love to use 5 of these a day!
I know at least 60 percent of these words, but I don’t use very many of them (I do love discombobulate though, and use it frequently) These seem to be the sort of words my father and grandfather would...
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My daughter’s Maine Coon cat. Me at the boundary to a malaria area in South Africa. In those days you took the two-step protocol, Paludrine and Chloroquine. After that came Lariam (which had bad side...
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My sister sent this photograph of the beach upon which we spent our days when we were children on holiday. This kind of beach stays in your soul forever. This dog bowl made me smile I saw this in a...
View ArticlePrimi and Numi
About a month ago, my sister and I sponsored these sibling foster kittens at Raise n Rescue (the cat charity I support), in memory of our brother Dean. They are now growing nicely and will hopefully...
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