7 Days: Day 4 – Going to Northants

In the car on the way to see Granpop, with rain beating against the windows. The technically-minded among you will surely appreciate the fact that I took this with Photobooth in the car and then uploaded it to Flickr outside John’s house, stealing his wi-fi before he’d even got home to join us on the [...]

Isn’t it obvious?

John, texting from Florida: Sam and I went on an airboat today. What the hell TV programme was it when we were little that people whizzed about in airboats all the time?
Me: I can NEVER remember the title. But there was a bear. Possibly called Ben.
John: Gentle Ben. WTF is a bear doing in the [...]

In a county where wildlife eats the food rather than the feeder

We went to Northants last week to see Granpop and Aunty Ann and Uncle Terry. They get a lot of interesting birds visiting their respective gardens, which always make for some good entertainment. Of course, one way to keep them away is to get your camera out. Nonetheless I got a few garden shots at [...]

Wandering in Kent

I would have posted this earlier, but electricity got in my way. You see, there was a nice big power surge at John’s office which blew out a few power supplies (great, thanks!). One of the power supplies took care of his server and so I couldn’t get hold of the video in which I [...]

Living the part

When John and Sam were here at the weekend we played Articulate, at first following a version of the rules, then when we’d been round the board once, we made up our own game with the cards. Being someone who would be unable to talk were my hands to be cut off, I was challenged [...]

New stockings

Finished on Christmas Eve and made mostly by Mum. Though I think the amount of time I spent umming and aahing over the different fabrics in the shop deserves some applause. As does Mum’s patience while I did so.
They’re all about a foot high (which seems appropriate) and are based very loosely on this free [...]

7 Days: Day 2 – Solstice dinner

Not once this evening have I managed to spell Solstice right on the first go; the e always drops off. But anyway. Today a big pile of family members gathered together for a pre-Christmas meal, which for the sake of the 7 Days theme I’m calling a Solstice dinner. Sam arranged for us all to [...]

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