Just go full screen – sit back and enjoy these marvellous photographs from Steve McCurry.

This is our next housesit …

Apparently Queen Elizabeth I slept here and so shall we! I believe we shall have a four-poster bed. Only for the weekend but we are looking forward to it and exploring a lovely Tudor mansion.

Originally posted on Grimm's Furry Tail:
My dogs love frisbees.  LOVE them.  The problem, though, is that these plastic discs last about two seconds around my house.  They can only hold up so long against the catching, chomping, chewing, crunching and tugging done to them by my canines.  Until I go shopping again, they…

Just call me Al …

I so enjoyed doing this painting and yes, Simon & Garfunkel are one of my top favourites!

Who`s that out there …?

This is my beloved Kindle e-reader. All my life I have been surrounded by books and I love reading. When I bought my Kindle nearly three years ago I wondered how I would manage the transition from paper to screen and, to my surprise, it was easy. In fact I have only read one `proper` […]

Fantastic writing and even more fantastic photographs – take a moment to go on this journey.

`England expects every (snow)man to do his duty`

To misquote (ever so slightly) the immortal words of our national hero – Horatio Nelson. I`m now going to quote the poem `Humpty Dumpty` by Kit Wright Humpty Dumpty had a bad summer Humpty Dumpty`s spring was a bummer Humpty`s winter was not good at all But Humpty Dumpty HAD A GREAT FALL! Well not […]

More wonderful photographs from Steve McCurry – do take a moment to view them.

Birdbrain! Who are you calling birdbrain? …

Birdbrain is a term of derision – used scathingly or jokingly of someone who makes a silly mistake or forgets something.  Today I`ve had to think seriously about that term and its application. We still have deep snow in our garden in England and this morning it was accompanied by freezing fog. Not a good […]

Daily Prompt: Sweet Sixteen

Daily Prompt: Sweet Sixteen. At sixteen we are asked to say what we thought our world would be and then whether or not it turned out that way. At sixteen I was very self-assured (drama classes possibly contributed to this). I was working in a solicitors office in Oxford Circus – in the West End […]