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Scenes from a suburban life
Save the day

Save the day

19 Mar, 2023 | Journal

(March 20 2023) It’s Mothering Sunday in the UK again today and with it, as has become customary, the usual mealy-mouthed platitudes that distance the event from a celebration of mums. Arguably it’s just the case on social media, and not in the world of...
MsCellania – March 2023

MsCellania – March 2023

4 Mar, 2023 | Beauty, Stuff

I like gadgets, new inventions, trends, stuff. Spending weeks on the painful but necessary task of chucking so much away upon which I’d spent good money after the amalgamamation of Hong Kong and London households has not cured me of my FOMO but I am pleased to...
Bereft

Bereft

20 Nov, 2022 | dogs, Journal

This week I have had my beloved Oscar put to sleep. I first met him as a five week old puppy who could sit on my hand and he was with us for fourteen and a half years. I have tried not to be too mawkish, because I know it makes people uncomfortable, but his sudden...
A tiny act of defiance

A tiny act of defiance

12 Nov, 2022 | Journal

A tiny act of defiance I’ve wanted a French-style house number for decades. We bought an echt one in a quincaillerie somewhere in France so long ago that I can’t remember when but until now had nowhere to fix it. Today, here it is, the final touch on our...
Into the woods

Into the woods

10 Nov, 2022 | Journal

Every year I’m fascinated by the fungi that spring up in our local woodland.  Into the woods GanodermaA bracket fungus that is often tougher than the wood on which it grows. PolyporeAnother sort of bracket fungus Meripilaceae Lenzites betulinaI think that this...
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