What’s been happening – August 2020

I used to do a summary of what I had been reading, watching and listening to at the end of…

This week’s small pleasures #206

It is the last day of August, and as the calendar ticks over tomorrow to the 1st September, we properly see us enter spring.

Wordless Wednesday: Wellington

This week’s (semi) Wordless Wednesday features Wellington early on Friday. Captions explain what is in the pictures. You can find…

This week’s small pleasures #205

It’s Monday again, so time for a round up of this week’s small pleasures, so important to look for in,…

Six on Saturday 21.08.20

What a glorious, sunny day it is today – it really feels like spring. Certainly, the garden is looking spring…

Ten things to do on a staycation, the early spring edition

Like many people who remained fully employed during lockdown, I have not used as much annual leave as I would…

Thoughts on Thursday or a tale of kale salad

When I lived in Scotland, kale was the dark, green leafy vegetable that you bought when there wasn’t much else. It was tough, a bit bitter, and you kind of felt you were eating it because it was good for you (it is full of vitamin C) rather than for enjoyment.