The picture above, although the quality doesn’t really do it justice, is of a tomato plant (never, I hear you say). It bears a small oval(ish) fruit which turns from green to yellow which, to [more…]
Collingwood was the other admiral at Trafalgar. He was the first into the fight, took charge of the whole fleet after Nelson’s death and brought every British ship through the storm that followed. He was [more…]
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. I’m afraid it looks like autumn is coming, as the temperature has dropped and the sun has disappeared, and of course, after autumn comes the dreaded winter. I hear [more…]
Every morning the Chief engineer and his #2 would be having breakfast. He was a cheerful Ukrainian man and I always used to ask him, tongue in cheek, if the engine was still OK. On [more…]
Monday Good Morning, my happy readers. It was dull and grey when I headed out for my morning poo behind the gardener’s shed. On my return, my duty feeder was pottering around, my grub was [more…]
I unpacked my belongings and noticed that outside of my cabin windows was a little orange motor boat that was lowerable down to the water via a crane that swung the thing away from the [more…]
It’s getting near the end of the original planting of potatoes. The original idea was to do a second planting, in between the rows that had already been lifted, to (hopefully) provide fresh spuds into [more…]
Way back in the 70s or it might even have been the 60s, the French Wine Industry insisted that red wine was really good for you. I took this to heart, forget the butter is [more…]
Monday Good Morning, my happy readers, and a happy Bank Holiday Monday to you. It was dry and sunny when I woke up, but a little breezy when I popped out before my Felix. Mind [more…]
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