The stalker I thought I didn’t have

I am incredibly gorgeous. I am a naturally beautiful person. Of course I’d had my suspicions that this was the case, but it’s nice to have it confirmed. In fact, a gentleman unknown to me was kind enough to email me and inform me of these vital truths. He also wondered whether I might have [...]

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More than I needed to hear

A few nights ago I was out on slug patrol when, for no reason at all really, I stuck a bit of spiky hawthorn through the kitchen paper-encased slug in my hand. I swear to Lucifer, the thing squeaked.

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Monty got a raw deal

Suzy’s family have a kitten called Monty. I met him for the first time a few weeks ago, when his first diplomatic overtures towards me were an attempt to sink his teeth into an artery. He was in that kitten stage of Must Attack!, but still little and cute enough that you wanted to play [...]

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7 Days – Autumn 2007 mosaic

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Thoughts of a levitating garden

It turns out that you have a better chance of seeing photos of my veg patch if I upload them to Flickr, rather than just keeping them in a folder on my desktop. So that is what I have done. It’s all winding down out there now, so it’s nothing like as pretty and green [...]

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7 Days: Day 7 – That’s all folks!

Well, that week sped past! Thanks to all the vain lovelies who joined in with photos and/or comments for 7 Days. You all made it a lot of fun and I enjoyed dipping into your worlds, seeing what you were up to from one day to the next.

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7 Days: Day 6 – Me ‘n’ Meg

Quite tired. Did 9.5″ of knitting today and finished off the back of the jumper I’m knitting. I’ve cast on to start a sleeve, but the ache in my left arm is telling me I need to take it easy with the needles and wool for now. By the way, I chopped up and cooked [...]

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7 Days: Day 5 – Red

This is the first time this scarf has come anywhere near to being used. I bought it in Ecuador and have only ever shown it to a few people, allowed them to touch it briefly and then put it away again before they ruin it. But it’s red – and if I wrap it around [...]

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