We have an alley in town called Tinker’s Alley. It’s a short cut from the main street to the canal. When ever I walk from the canal to Main Street through the alley (which I’ve done many a time) it ALWAYS reminds me of 13 Miller’s Court. So similar. 13? OK Emelia Fox (vid below) […]

My F1RST driving assignment at Depot, Chichester, because anyone who joined the RMP had to be a driver, was from Chi to Chelsea Barracks in the very centre of London. I might’ve been 17 when I passed my driving test but I’d NEVER driven in London before. Or since. Fecking Madness. Chelsea Barracks in the […]

It’s disturbing how sun stroke can affect the brain! What did I do today to bring Jack the Ripper and the Canonical 5 to mind? Canonical : canonical/kəˈnɒnɪk(ə)l/See definitions in: AllReligionLiteratureMathematicsadjective 1.according to or ordered by canon law. “the canonical rites of the Roman Church” 2.included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as […]

Our lovely friend across the road has fixed our ride on lawnmower more times that I can say. He’s a biker. He fixes motorbikes and cars and crazy stuff like that. His lawn had gone a bit mental so we offered him the ride on after he’d been here yesterday with his chain saw to […]

Honestly. After half an hour under the GLORIOUS midday sun, mending a fence and planting stuff…I had to beat the retreat inside our cool house. Scorchio in Lincolnshire? Blue sky? Hot Yellow Shiny thing up there? I melted. But it didn’t make me unresponsive. OMG – Look at the state of you. All red in […]

I went to see my lovely man in the local newsagents at early doors this morning to buy a gardening magazine. I always buy the cheapest one…with the free seeds giveaway. Oops. I did the L.O.L. in public AGAIN :o( Carnavale di Venezia aka Convolvulus aka Morning Glory. It grows to between 6 and 7 […]

A Twofer One :o)

I’m slightly bamboozled. Himself walked into the kitchen, where I was cooking the lasagne, and announced (proudly) that he was watching one of my FAVE TV shows in the front room. Three guesses. Lovejoy? Nope. Sherlock? Nope. Poirot? Nope. He was watching a Rosemary and Thyme episode. BTW – He #hates all the above. And […]

Melissa West is Everywhere. She has a shop on ETSY. So do I but I don’t promote it free of charge via her fave ytuber…that one on ALERT. She has a husband (?) in the Marines – like my Dad and my brother. She has a Policeperson brother – like my Dad and my brother […]

Every single room in our house has a fireplace therefore a chimney…apart from the bathrooms which are partitions of bigger rooms. Even the attic has the most beautiful original Victorian fire grate in situ. I actually won a knowledge contest today! All but one of the chimneys are now blocked but we seem to have […]

Adria? Adria is a town and commune in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po. The remains of the Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below the modern city, three to four metres below the current level. From the Roman cognomen […]

I still have a fondness for this totally silly film. Take her. Take her. Oh God, don’t hurt ME :o)