Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And One
Monday Good morning, my friends. I’m delighted it was a bit warmer and dry this morning when the man let me out of the back door. Legohead is back from Chequers and still not happy. [more…]
Hobbies
Arts
Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 6
In Part 5, we crossed back over the US border into Montana for an overnight stop in Billings. As any regular traveller knows, one should always pack a universal bathplug for those occasions where the [more…]
Cooking
A View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse; A Better Life…..Innit?
We had a bit of a blow up our way last weekend, we didn’t get it quite so bad as other places, so I don’t want to make light of it, but we lost only [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred
Monday Good morning, friends. Yet another beautiful, sunny autumn morning, made better by it being empty of politicians here in Number 10. Legohead and his crew have all bugged off to Liverpool for the party [more…]
Arts
Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 5
After 13 days travelling I was in need of a laundry, which happened to be located in the basement of the hotel that I had just checked-into in Barrie. The following morning I would avail [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Nine
Monday Good morning, friends. A beautiful sunny autumn morning, but my, was it chilly when I ventured out. I’m getting more and more convinced that Legohead is either a moron, or he is doing everything [more…]
Arts
Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 4
We start in New York, having just disembarked the QM2 and taken a ferry across the river to Pier 11/Wall Street, so what now? The last time I stayed here there were two additional skyscrapers [more…]
Culture
A View (1500 Miles Or So) From The Greenhouse; A Postcard
My loyal reader may recall the birth of my first grandchild, twelve calendar months ago this week. To recap (contextual) it was a traumatic time for the whole family, not least for both mother and [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Eight
Monday Good morning friends, a bit of watery sun and not very warm when I trotted down the garden this morning. What a huge crowd in London on Saturday, it was amazing and it was [more…]