Bowling à la Suzy

Approach 1:
Hold the ball high above your head, putting the fear of God into those behind you, before throwing it down the lane with great venom. The ball should make a satisfying, loud SMACK as it hits the floor with force, so as to underscore your great might.

Approach 2:
At the urging of your (cowering) friends, [...]

7 Days: Day 7 – Merry Christmas

All glammed up for the festivities, ready to eat great food and be with the fambly. Well done on another great week everyone! It’s always a pleasure to hang out with you all. Even Sarkasmo. I’ll have the mosaic up … next decade.

7 Days – Day 6: Jingle Bells carousel

Watching my Jingle Bells carousel that came from Hellbrunn Christmas market in Salzburg. Now I suppose I really should go and help in the kitchen, where there’s a ham that needs my attention and parmesan is waiting to be grated.

7 Days: Day 5 – Silver

Suzy makes a guest appearance with me here, holding Damian’s candelabra (one of many, apparently – he’s just THAT posh) by the Christmas tree. The three of us went to a Christmas singsong at a local pub and sang ourselves hoarse for three hours with a fun mix of carols and secular songs, finishing with [...]

Ballet and afternoon tea

My Christmas present from Suzy this year was a very posh one: a ticket to The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House and afternoon tea at The Milestone Hotel.
We took a packed train to Charing Cross, meeting up along the way with some of Suzy’s work colleagues who would be joining us. Suzy spotted an [...]

Yesterday’s birthday cake

It’s what’s for breakfast.
I had a good day yesterday, pottering about, spending all afternoon making chocolate brownies, talking to friends, listening to music, being serenaded in person and on the phone and having curry at a restaurant with my family. So, this is 28.

Whereabouts

I had a post half-planned that involved the sunflower seed head that I harvested a couple of weeks ago. And indeed I’d write the post could I just find the damn sunflower. It was on the window sill in a paper bag for ages and now it’s not there. I don’t know where it’s gone.
Similarly, [...]