“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.”
I got a letter yesterday that sent me stratospheric. It concerns a property that I bought years ago – that is connected to my late mother. This morning I rang the number and failed at the first hurdle. The secretary of the writer of said letter. #Gatekeeper? I’m meant to wait for the govdot BS […]
Rosa Canina Decades ago, virtually every hedgerow in the UK had a Wild Dog Rose growing. Nowadays, especially around here, they are quite rare. Something that has always surprised me because I’m surrounded by farmland. Anyway – this is the interloper that I found in my sadly neglected raspberry run the other day. And the […]
Right from the get-go, Jan 2019, I knew that I’d stumbled into the middle of a dark “recruitment campaign.” Only myself and a handful of others saw it for what it was. And Boy – Have We Been Made To Suffer? Damn, right. The recruiting officer works on the SPQR (Small Profit Quick Return) mode […]
Yesterday I was given a handful of copper nails. I’d always thought this an old wives’ tale but our local council use them every day. Mmmmn. I wonder if they’ll work on Giant Hogweed :o)
Some stuff is IMPOSSIBLE to make up and fake and mis-use. Like astrology. A New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer on Midsummer ? ? ? Cancer is the 4th sign of the zodiac. It is all about HOME and Family and Emotion and Nurturing. I have 3 Cancerians in my life now. 26th June. 6th […]
Today – I’m grateful for the rain. Cool air blowing through open windows. Seeds being watered by someone else other than me. D’ya know what would make this day perfect? A glorious, massive thunderstorm. Please & Thank You :o)
Yup. For the first year I’ve got (in at least two places) 12 to 15 foot tall plants. They are pretty. But……further investigation is very much needed. Phyto/Photo – Toxic ? Oh. Craptacular. I’ve just warned everyone hereabouts :o(