Multi-coloured leaf stop…
Storm Austen has whipped up a… well, storm really. Taking leaves off the trees before they would normally drop. The result has been fence line of a variety of colours and shapes.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm would be the worst world to live in. Just imagine if those happenings occurred in the real world. Slimy, venal, self-obsesses leaders, running the race of life at everyone else’s expense both literally and metaphorically, and mob rule […]
Live to my current age.
What’s something you’ve done that you never thought you could? Not in a desperately ill way, nor an Everest manner, just living. Once upon a time Listen With Mother was my total world, alongside malt extract and free orange juice […]
Gyles Brandreth
If you could switch lives with a famous person for a week, who would it be and why? I admire his energy and his to-do mind set. At 80 or so, his varied life and self-challenging approach to it is […]
A shadow of my former self…
Some previous photos. It seems I have an obsession with my shadow. Is this a religious thing, do you think (footsteps in the sand)? Or a paranoia? Persecution complex perhaps (always looking over my shoulder)? Parental obsession (“what are you […]
Age
If you could go back in time and give your younger self advice, what would it be? Wait until you have the experience of all aspects of life before you decide to quench your thirst with either coffee or tea.
A touch of frost..
Frost on the veg patch this morning and at 09.00 the sun is up, but of course the sun is past the equinox so the weakening rays don’t carry the warmth or power of the Autumn months. It does have […]
A crabby time of year
Twice a year a Malus, apple tree, comes into its own. The genus Malus covers all the domesticated apple trees and their root stock most visible possibly in the crab. In Spring the bees love it and the mesmerising hum […]
Ludditeism…
Or the hatred of the new or innovative is not something we are renowned for, in fact, I think that our inclination is quite the opposite. Except for AI. We have been singularly unmotivated by our phones promising us untold […]
Tup-pence for your thoughts…
Tuppence for his thoughts. The tup, or family planning for sheep, is nearly upon us, the results of which will be felt in five months time or so. Not that he will be bothered much because as soon as his […]