Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Twenty Six
Monday Morning everyone, I understand that I have to make the most of the next few days as my scribe is going to be missing for a bit, so this weeks diary may be truncated. [more…]
Hobbies
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Eighteen
From Helsinki Central Station, a five-minute walk takes one past the Ateneum and along Ateneuminkuja and Yliopistonatu to Senate Square, at the north end of which and up some steps sits Helsinki Cathedral. Billed as [more…]
Hobbies
Going Postal Saturday Puzzles Number 203
SOD-YOU-KO Word Search First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a mystery prize! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 202 and a Christmas [more…]
Hobbies
Agricultural Anoraks Anonymous
Growing up on a farm and later working in agriculture and related industries (on and off at least), ive spent a lot of time in Tractors, combines, telehandlers and other sundry farm machines. I freely [more…]
Diary
View From The Greenhouse; No Gender Change Please, We’re British
Another year comes around and, with it, a couple of days for quiet reflection, mostly to let the pudding settle. I don’t normally make a start in the old greenhouse much before February, the weather [more…]
20th Century
Space-Travel Anniversaries and More Debris
I have been wondering how to continue with articles on the space-coins collecting theme. It is a vast subject and open to many directions of thought. However, a glance through history quickly shows that 2022, [more…]
Arts
Makin’ it up
In these airy-fairy, love-y, care-y days of environmentally friendly practices, lessening one’s consumption and reducing waste is a big thing. One can, should one wish to, signal one’s immense virtue in all sorts of exciting [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Seventeen
Last time on Mystery Album we decided Helsinki Central Station showed the world a particular kind of Art Deco that stamped on some of the movement’s expectations. Purists half agree, preferring it transitionary from Art [more…]
Hobbies
Going Postal Saturday Puzzles Number 202
SOD-YOU-KO Word Search First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a mystery prize! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 201 and a Christmas [more…]