Raffles en pointe

Our Raffles is generally a bold doggy. He isn’t shy at all and is really inquisitive. If anyone is doing any work on the house, he goes right up to them to stare at what they’re doing and supervise them. Raffles is a middle management dog. Whereas Oscar is...

Petts Wood view

Nope. No idea what to write about tonight. Full marks for honesty,  I’d say. Though, to be completely honest, there are a couple of things I’d like to write about but they can wait until tomorrow when I’m feeling more coherent and less sleepy. So...

Sunday evening

I had hoped to bring you a photo of me planting some bulbs for next spring but we Facetimed with the Boiywonder and it was chilly and getting dark by the time we finally filled the first trough with pebbles, then compost then bulb compost then bulb fibre then bulbs....

Wednesday news

  Tonight’s news in brief: I’m still sneezing my damn head off. I can still sing, though. Went to run through my recital pieces today. My accompanist for this doesn’t have a very forthcoming personality and her manner is a little off-putting...

Neral flora and fauna

Written on Tuesday 15th September. Posted today: I saw my mum a few times today for half an hour or so each time, which as about as long as she can concentrate. It’s very apparent, though, that her powers of concentration fade as the day wears on. It was good just to...