A bit of self-indulgence

We spent yesterday afternoon in the garden,  firing up the barbecue for tea. Barbecues don’t happen very often here because barbecue weather does not come along unless there is a month without an R in it during a Blue Moon. This witnessed by the fact that yesterday we got out the last disposable BBQ from …

It’s always the same

Yesterday afternoon I went out to my van and I chain-plied the first bobbin  of the purple BFL. I didn’t want to and I could tell that I wasn’t really in the right frame of mind but I was feeling the time-pressure, knowing that we would be out all day tomorrow. Of course, I made …

Sunday Stroll

The sun was shining and the forecast reckoned that the sun would be with us until lunchtime but not beyond.

Ménage à dix

HUGE post: dogs, cats, tears, laughter… and chooks! Lots of cute pictures

Christmas Picnic

Set of photographs of the dogs at the beach on Dec 25th, 2008. The deep/dark colours are due to my forgetting that I had a polariser fitted. In most cases, I don’t mind at all. There’s something deep and rich and lovely about these images – they remind me in some ways of oil paintings… like they already have the patina of age, somehow – just vague memories already.

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Now we are us

Mr L Life partner: geek, soul-mate, and provider of funds for fibre purchases. Willing wearer of hand-knitted goods and appreciator of baked items. Third time lucky. Nothing would be the same without him. Lulu Feline: Bengal cross cat acquired in the year 2000. Striped, spotted, and a mean killing machine. Tolerates people, loves dogs, hate …