“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.”
My local garden centre is less than a minute’s drive away, with a good wind behind me as I go down the hill (!) As the image says. The family have been doing their thang since 1798. This is the same family that Crow’sEye Productions made a film about (previous posts) Anyway. They were bought […]
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Speechless. Boyce Avenue Video just showed up. I don’t know the song but the scenery looked familiar. Youngest son was born in County Antrim, N. Ireland…. Lagan Valley. Did I say that I was speechless? WTF is going on?
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For the past decade or so I’ve been with this site that congratted me on the 1240th mention. Thank you kindly. But… There is only ONE person I trust on this site. But I will unashamedly mine y’all for info. Even as I refuse to be suckered into your smarmy “you are sooooo important” emails. […]
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Moving all my crap into the pigsty. Well. It was the pigsty/wood shed. But it was our first renovation. It became the bar/man cave. And yes. We’ve had some bloody good parties here but it’s been unused for the past 4 years. So. I’m making it MY potting shed/greenhouse/private space. Look at those big windows […]
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Oh. Revelation. Trying to find a pic on the internet to show beggars in Karachi, I had to trawl through all the professional beggar images first. This reminded me of all the research that I’ve done into the history of the poor. Especially the Cour des Miracles in Paris in the 17th c. I almost […]
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I’ve been a bit slow here. OK. Plan of attack. Get ruthless with the secateurs. All my black/red/white currant and gooseberry bushes have given up the ghost! They need a good prune. Also – the once glorious veg patch is now…just a mass of mess. Apart from the comfrey and roses and rhubarb. Maybe I […]
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OK. Sometimes yt works with me and not against me (?) I’ve just discovered Bealtaine Cottage. Yay ;o)
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aka The TWILIGHT ZONE No share. I’m wearing the Scold’s Bridle. Oh. Really? But …..watch this video? Clueage abounds.
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And that’s not Elizabeth Regina. My song a hundred years ago and now. The lights are on our side, driving out of town tonightThis night the colour of blue glassThe warm wind is in our hair, summertime is everywhereIt’s funny how today just flew pastI’ve been in the wrong place, I’ve been in the wrong […]
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The only thing that grew rampant in my veg patch were squash. I prefer Butternut Squash but all work here. Recipe : Big pan. Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Onion, diced. Garlic clove, bashed. Red pepper sliced and diced. Diced squash. Fry all gently with some garlic pepper until……. Add good quality veg/chicken stock. Throw in […]
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I wonder if I should keep these diaries under lock and key. Jenny Spede has disturbed them again . . . What does she make, I wonder, of an old woman, deformed by arthritis, stripping naked for a young man? The pills worry me more. Ten is such a round number to be missing . […]
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