Sometimes Simple is Best (December Reflections 20)

An interesting prompt today: Memorable Meal in 2019. Regular readers will know that we nowadays we make something of a habit of seeking out fine dining. We do love our food. How do I choose one meal that was memorable? Well, it was easy, actually. This year we travelled to Italy for a very special …

It makes a change (december Reflections 19)

A chilly prompt today: Cold Due to our habit of over-wintering down south, we don’t really experience much in the way of cold these days but we did experience a few chilly days in Spain in January this year. Our frosty morning at the Alhambra has already been mentioned during December Reflections so I had …

Behind the lens (December Reflections 18)

This December Reflections prompt is not my favourite topic: Favourite Photo of Me. Made all the more difficult by the fact that the blog will not allow me to upload images right now. I confess that personal photographs are not my strong suite. I do not have a favourite photograph of myself – not this …

Hello, Hello, Hello (December Reflections 17)

Today’s December Reflections prompt: I said Hello To is giving me some problems. I have no idea what to write about. There have been no big new Hellos in my life in 2019 – they all happened last year and I could have rabbited on for hours on this topic just 12 months ago, True …

Hot, hot, hot and… hotter still? (December Reflections 16)

A recent update to WordPress appears to have broken image uploads so we are for the time being bereft of photos. We have spent hours in attempting to resolve the issue with no success. I apologise. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. In the meantime, I have decided that words are more …

Reading optimism

Finally went down to the family room to investigate the bookshelf. It wasn’t a very positive experience. There were some books in German and my facility with that language is minimal. Mr L was also investigating and declared all the books in English to be "Women’s Books", which I took exception to but he wasn’t …