Hobbies
Crossword No. 238
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]
Hobbies
21st Century
A Postcard from the IFG Part One
International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge, August 2022 Earlier this year, around May-June if I remember correctly since it was right in the midst of the chaos of our moving home, it was with some excitement [more…]
Conservatives
A View From The Greenhouse; Tha..Tha…That’s All Folks!!!
It’s that time of year again, the strawberry beds offer up the odd lusciously red but sad, sour, berry. The courgettes are having a final spurt. The tomatoes, apart from the odd couple of plants [more…]
Arts
The Marisco Tavern
One or two Puffins may well be of a vintage where the adage “you’ll never forget where you were when it was announced that JF Kennedy was shot” rings true. SWMBO and I are fortunate [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Sixty-One
Monday Good morning folks. It’s a bit grey and chilly this morning which is a pity really as it would have been nice if it had been bright and sunny for the Queen’s funeral. Well, [more…]
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Paris
This week’s first picture is of the unmistakable Eiffel tower. In 1952, without a phone mast, the landmark was 984 ft high with a viewing area 906 ft from the ground. We shall assume my [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 237
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Sixty
Monday Good morning folks another week dawns and I am getting used to being left alone in the flat much of the time. At least I can pop down to the office if I get [more…]
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Orléans
In the old photo above we observe Orléans cathedral at the end of a wide cobbled street with a row of cars parked on the right hand side. Not its real name (Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Croix [more…]