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After enjoying a dinky sorbet, at a vast English Heritage site, I kept the plastic tub, partly as a happy reminder, partly as it was useful. Ten years on, the ‘single use’ plastic tub is still going strong, as a … Continue reading →

Last month, after an amble online, I visited a local repair cafe, which specialises in either repairing items that would otherwise go to landfill or teaching you how to do so. They took this well. After a lot of skilled … Continue reading →

Missed a month! But I won’t miss this date next year!

Like many in 2020, I dropped off the planet for a while. A difference was that unlike most, the household had a new adventure unfolding that meant I stayed off the planet longer than expected. For at least one person, … Continue reading →

It’s funny suddenly doing ‘normal’ things that to you aren’t normal. “Funny ‘Strange’ and funny ‘HaHa’” This year, we’re looking after a dog over Christmas. It’s a happy, healthy, bouncy, lockdown baby of a specific breed to always want people … Continue reading →

Here’s a slithery news story that is fascinating for what’s not in it as much as what is, starting with the meticulously typed label: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-67442473.amp The snake in the box is 7 months old and weighs 330g. In context, Mr … Continue reading →

Last week, Madam Snake went peacefully at home to the great cornfield in the sky – from the tumours first diagnosed in 2020. They started benign, but as the vet noted, later ones won’t be and will be untreatable, so … Continue reading →

There’s a mix of dilemma and curiosity here at present – a toddler known to us is about to realise that her nursery’s pet bunny hasn’t been seen in a while… and while most toddlers would accept “he’s at the … Continue reading →

Autumn is here, but I won’t tell the garden if you don’t- the arches have been stripped out and replaced with a brambled pergola, and there is new blossom even if it’s likely frost will cut short the blackberries. Monty … Continue reading →

And not just the sunglasses. The garden arches are continuing their descent, with a lop-sided prune that leaves them looking like Loughborough Uni’s Grade II listed Towers Hall. Perhaps it was my own adventures at university that led to an … Continue reading →