No fat around here

It was a perfect Show day, weatherwise. Warm enough, bright enough and best of all, dry. Not so much sun as to make things hard work. We popped up the road around midday and took photos of sheep judging and at the Horse and Dog rings. There was not a lot going on anywhere this …

That’s it then

That’s it then, the die is cast for another year. My Show entries are in. There was not much effort put into it this year and I’m not expecting any success,  though I have one or two photos going in that I should like to see do well – for no other reason than I am …

Up with the lark

There is a fortune waiting to be made by the person who invents, develops and markets the first smoke detector to intelligently announce the demise of its batteries only during waking hours.  04:14 hrs is not the time to be suggesting that we identify which alarm is complaining and then to find a battery for …

All done, needs dusting

Yesterday carried on worse rather than better and it was bedtime before I twigged that it was the anti-histamines at work. I was dropping off at the keyboard before tea and just could not understand why I should be so sleepy. When I climbed into bed and began to scratch and registered that it was …

Disinclined to ply

There having been no takers for that skein of prize yarn, I intend to wind it today and to commence a second curl without delay.  I may offer up the finished item as a giveaway but you have now lost the chance to pick a an item/pattern for it to be made into. It’s a …

Outdoor activities

We had plenty of fresh air this weekend although we did not manage to get out and about at all.