Remember the disappearing garden?  Well now we know why.  Just look at it now.  It obviously had to be cleared before work started.

This is not just an ordinary extension our neighbour is having built.  This is a house enlargement!  The extension was built higher than the house, and yesterday Mo said.  “It looks funny.  I [...]

It was 1967.  The days of the mini skirt and Vidal Sassoon hair cuts.  I had THIS very cut.
I was twenty one and prided myself on my fashion flair.  You know what they say about pride coming before a fall don’t you?  Hold that thought.
I can’t believe, now, that I actually wore my skirts so [...]

I sit and stare at my computer screen
An emptier page I have not seen
No funny quip, or humorous action
Can I write down, to gain reaction
My mind I dredge.  It’s a vain attempt
to bring to the fore, not one I’ve dreamt
But a real life story to entertain through
To make you smile. It’s long overdue
The hours slip [...]

Most of you know that I lost my niece, Sindie, shortly before Christmas.  This post is especially for Livvie, Sindie’s fourteen year old daughter.  She’ll probably say this photo isn’t ‘cool’ enough, but I like it.

This is a video she made for her mum, using a selection of photos that hold a special place in [...]

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Look what Mo came home with yesterday.  She thought I might like a game of Jacks.

I remember I used to be quite good at this game when I was a kid.  We called it ‘Fivestones’ and they looked different to these.   They were small square blocks of clay and all different colours.  We didn’t use [...]

Some of you may have seen this before.  It’s been around a while, but it doesn’t matter how many times I watch it I can’t stop laughing.  I even have it on my iPhone.
I thought I’d post it for those who haven’t seen it, and also for those that have and want another giggle.  I [...]

Yesterday, I was thrilled to collect the hard drive from my old iMac.  This was the drive that held five years (and more) of all my files and programmes.  I have been waiting patiently for Apple to say it was ready to collect.  “Once I get my hard drive, I can get myself all sorted [...]

We were really shocked, and sad, when we looked out of our back window today.  Our next door neighbour is having an extension built on the side of his house.  It’s a corner house and he has a very large back garden, which extends around the side, so we can see that a side extension [...]

Here it is – My new iMac!
It’s my birthday on Sunday so this couldn’t have been timed any better.

I waited until today, so I could get some daylight photos – Who was I kidding?  It’s so dark and miserable that I had to use a flash anyway!  That did NOT dampen my mood any.  [...]

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Thank you all for your kind words and well wishes.  I am feeling much better now.  I still have an annoying cough but even that is improving at last.  It was a very persistent virus!  Everybody I know that’s had it, in one form or another,  has had it for about a month.
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The [...]