I’m back from a much-needed sojourn in La Bella Italia. The trip commenced with the 3am start of a 250 mile journey. Don’t ask. This is my idea of hell, not remotely being what you would call a morning person. By the time I arrived at Firenze, I was a complete zombie. Came out of […]
The lazy, hazy days of summer…..or monsoon season as we like to call it in England. I’ve been on holiday for the last week and dutifully spent the beginning of the week working myself into a frenzy, sorting out Alara stuff. I have spent the second part of the week loafing around, watching ‘Jessica Jones‘ […]
I went for a walk along along the canal this week. I haven’t been down there since March, having boycotted the area as the bleakness of the late winter landscape- straggly bushes, shivering birds, sluggish grey water, depressing grey sky- was enough to finally tip me over the edge. Seasonal Affective Disorder? You have no […]
Favourite pic of the week? No contest; it’s this genius one of the giraffe who seems to think he is cunningly concealed behind the tree. It makes me smile every time I look at it. In my anthropomorphic imagination, this is a young giraffe and I can just see its mother covering her eyes and […]
This week has been so rich in comedy, I hardly know where to begin. My favourite story was about the couple in the West Country (of course 🙂 ) who decided to practice the famous Dirty Dancing lift in anticipation of their wedding showpiece dance next year. Yes, this excellent idea sprouted after some time […]
