Fire Pit

OMG. I wasn’t going to go into Firestarter by The Prodigy but today MADE me. We have a purpose built brick fire pit in the garden where we BURN everything we can. I’m Very Strict about burning every rose prunings. Not good for the compost heap because roses carry certain diseases. Anyhoo. Today the FIRESTARTER […]

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The Clangers

On MY weird & wonderful “planet” the phrase – To Drop A Clanger – means to make an horrific mistake. The people that I love best and who love me too…know me a bit too well :o) The only video game I play is Plants vs Zombies on my ipad. The sunflower was an Xmas […]

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Muzzle a Truther : Do YOU SEE IT?

There are many words used. Karma. What You Give is What You Get. What Goes Around Comes Around. Etc. When an HONEST TO GOD truther speaks, they get muzzled. And what has happened to everyone else? Fust Masf Fy Mouff Fo Fy Fan’t Freathe. Ooh. Where did alliteration that come from ? M’eh

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Ace of Base 3.33 : Who Wanted All That She Wants?

How the Wheel of Fortune has turned. Projection, MUCH? Back At U :o) I’m unable to have a BABY any more. And I certainly don’t need a MAN sized BABY. I’ve already got three. 6ft… 6ft 3…6ft 6. Barf.

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Marbella vs Mar-baya

I first went to Marbella aged 17. I’ve been back several times since then. Also to Mijas, Fuengirola, Etsepona, Benalmadena (where my parents owned a flat) Puerto Buenos, Benidorm, La Linea ….keep going south and y’all end up in Gibraltar. For some strange reason I’ve had this song in my head for about 2 years. […]

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The Gravy Train Terminates HERE

To ride the gravy train is to make money from someone else’s hard work. That’s what PARASITES and LEECHES do. Suck the blood of a REAL human to fill their own bellies. OMG – Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ? How Ironic :o)

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Ploughman’s Lunch

This is my meal of choice in any pub for lunch. And we have a lunch for tea today. Because the sun is shining and it’s not rained once, yet. Woohoo. A Ploughman’s Lunch has many variations. Ours is salad leaves, baby plum tomatoes, red pepper, pickled beetroot, piccalilli, pork pie, quiche lorraine, Branston pickle, […]

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Black Man’s Pinch

Ow. Hurty. I’ve been helping youngest to build a huge desk for his computer and monitors…yes. Plural! And the middle fingernail of my left hand got caught between the iron legs and the very heavy top. Ouch. I’m in danger of developing a Black Man’s Pinch. No offence intended to any one. It’s a common […]

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Nice Message : NOT!

Well. Apparently. Or so THEY say. I totally embarrassed myself yesterday by butting into two live chats. Embarrassed? Myself? Or YOU? Whoever you are today. Hey. No BS here. I have far too much respect for MY work and the work of so many others who have come before me to EVER sit quietly and […]

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Nepeta

All four of our cats are now gone but today (Thursday Market) I bought some Nepeta plants in memory of them. The common name is CatMint and mine used to go totally doolally on the plants in summer. Much like the video below. All drugged up and foaming at the mouth. I also got a […]

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BMH Singapore aka Alexandra Hospital

This is where I was born. My Mum was 21 years old and had been ripped from her entire family to follow my Dad there. She was 5 months pregnant when she left England. I was the youngest person EVER on record (for a while and maybe still) to have contracted menigitis. I was less […]

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