“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
Sweetcorn. Which I love and adore, slavered in good Irish Salted butter and freshly ground pepper. Yum! But the beggars will NOT grow here. And KIDS offering gardening help who spend 80% of their life high on Ket. And who are – both – #BANNED from my property!!! Hard Lessons, Mr Attic. HARD LESSONS :o(
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This is where I sit most mornings. In PJs, Dressing Gown, Slippers. Around dawn. Drinking my first coffee. It’s my fave place at the moment. That mahoosive hazelnut tree gives shade in the blazing sun and shelter in the pouring rain. Well – a bit of shelter from the rain. So there am I. Sitting. […]
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OMG. I am having a very upside down kinda day today. What’s going on? GM was a bit “conflicted.” He was born – Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. Of Greek/Cypriot descent. And died (?) on Christmas Day. The thing that REALLY gets me about this video is the black glove on the right hand. Can you play […]
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Eldest and I were talking about this in the car this morning! I said : I might watch Victor Meldrew as I’m cooking tea. Him : When was the last time you watched Lovejoy? Remember? When I bought you the full boxset for your birthday? Me : Best Birthday Present EVER. I watched all 70 […]
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Check out the Lipizzan Horse. And WHY there is a Spanish Riding School in VIENNA (?) My Emu/Kiwi (!) friend is married to a gorgeous Englishwoman who is (was?) the editor of a major UK magazine all about Dressage. I remember visiting them – out in the outback of Lincs – and seeing her horses. […]
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It is absolutely pouring with rain here so I’ve just been watching whatever came up in the yt recommended. That’ll be 3 videos from this channel – and I’m still a little brain-boggled?
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So there I was – cleaning out all the dross in my computer files – and the file with the “around 400 page” thesis on Silence had this (image above) next to it. Wow! Sometimes I can be quite clever (?) I obviously filed them both together to remind me to read/cross-ref both at the […]
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Silver Bells. Cockle Shells. I love this episode of Poirot for several (Russian??) reasons. Unfortunately yt will only show the crappy crap below. M’eh I even have an original 1935 magazine that premiered this Agatha Christie short story. OCD? Moi?
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Sorry :o( You’ll understand if you watch the video below. I’ve always loved Cardoon. So huge. Sculptural. Impressive. And I have a bunch of seeds ready for next year. Cardoon is also known as the Artichoke Thistle. Mmmmmn. Link (?!) As I’ve never eaten an artichoke, I’ll be growing these for their beauty first…and then […]
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Within 10 minutes of my first post here today! Guess who came out to play on yt?
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There is a little known source hidden amongst all the Arthurian literature that has fascinated me for a long time. It’s an octosyballic verse – and quite convoluted. Many things intrigue me. Not least the story of it’s “discovery.” In 1911, a crate was opened in a house in Nottingham, UK and the script was […]
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Well. Today I’ve got MY answer. IT will block you. Ignore you. Deride you. Demean you. Try to be you. Try to outdo you. Wanna win at all costs. Ban you. OutShout you. Be soooooooooooo much better than you. Run away from you. Steal EVERYTHING from you. Imitate you. Pretend. Gaslight. Self-confirm. Know more and […]
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