PM at the NHM

The second part of our afternoon at the Natural History Museum a couple of weeks ago was spent looking at the dinosaurs, mammals and the vault of shiny diamonds and other expensive rocks. That still leaves us with lots of other areas of the museum yet to explore, so maybe we’ll make a return visit [...]

Gardens grow. Slugs eat. I tsk loudly.

I uploaded the latest photos from the patch today. I spent a nice chunk of time in the garden on Saturday, sowing more seeds and transplanting tomatoes and aubergines that had until that point been residing inside. Where the slugs couldn’t get to them. However, they’re now out in the wilderness where the slugs can [...]

Why I’m not in charge

Brendan: How old would someone be if they were born in 1988?
Everyone at the table pauses to think
Me: 34

7 Days – Spring mosaic

Flutterbies in the butterflarium

Lauren, Helen, Suzy and I made a Big Trip to The Big City on Sunday, for culture and, of course, food. We headed first to the Natural History Museum, which is currently running a butterfly jungle exhibit. It’s in a big marquee outside the museum, which is kept at a nice high humidity that the [...]

Very big in Bruneck

That’s my photo up there on the 10×5m poster hanging in the Rathausplatz in Bruneck. It’s there to publicise Hubert von Goisern’s concert in the city on 17th July 2009 (Tickets: www.helli.info) Thanks to the organiser for sending me these photos from his iPhone so I could see the poster for myself!
This is just one [...]

Just when you thought I couldn’t get any stranger…

… I tell you about my exciting measuring stick.

You see, I have an exciting measuring stick. I designed, painted and varnished it myself and it is pretty. Having finally accepted a couple of years ago that the gardening books were telling me to plant things x inches apart for a good reason, I needed a [...]