Category Archives: personal blog

The day started with a dead badger. As soon as I saw the pathetic looking heap in the middle of the road as I left the house I knew what it was. With a degree of trepidation, I took closer look firstly confirming that it was badger that was deceased, and there was no bloodContinue reading “925 – That was the day that was”

What we thought would be quite nice was to take lunch over to Titchfield Haven, the nature reserve just a little way along the coast from Lee-on-The-Solent. We prepared our tuna mayo rolls, a piece of fruit and a drink, took books and magazines and were prepared for an afternoons relaxation. We like to takeContinue reading “924 – The Solent Way”

This morning I went over to Portsmouth using the Gosport ferry. I have to admit that the whole process is very smooth. I wanted to purchase a multi-journey becasue each journey is cheaper. The ticket office was closed, presumably becasue I was too early. Not to worry, the machines were working, do they dispense multi-journeyContinue reading “923 – Crossing the water”

Several years ago, well before Covid I did a course at the local college. In fact I quite enjoyed the course, so I did it twice. It was a course on creative writing. The teacher was a local author June Hampson. She was very good and supportive, and was quite clear that her goal wasContinue reading “922 – Creative Writing”

On this mornings post on Facebook, it tried a bit harder to write something a little less prosaic than I normally do. For example instead of say the there were lovely colours in the morning sky, I wrote something along the lines of the sky brightened to the east, the muted grey on the horizonContinue reading “921 – writing”

There are somethings that are really quite cathartic. For me it can be as simple as cutting the grass, shredding or organising a book shelf. All of a sudden, I am to be given almost half of one of our bookshelves. I have more than enough books to fill it. It is though, more thanContinue reading “920 – Bookshelves”

It was a cold start to the day. I have to confess that I didn’t really want to get up. As usual though I’m glad I did. There was a northerly breeze with a real bite to it. Luckily my headphones cover my ears, so they don’t suffer. The high street was even more quietContinue reading “919 – today’s walks”

It’s not that I have writers block, it’s just that I can’t make my mind what to write about. I don’t want to write about photography, I did that last night. I could write about astronomy, the Aurora Borealis (the Northern Lights) are figuring in the news a lot at the moment. The sun’s mainContinue reading “918 – Writing”

It is very unusual if I don’t take a photo when I go out for a walk. To be honest, I haven’t given much thought to the practice of taking a picture, or the tool that I use to do so. As I was sorting out t somethings in the office, I found the cableContinue reading “917 – Photography”

We spent a couple of hours in the garden today. It’s the first time since towards the beginning of December, when we had the last brown bin collection of 2022. Today’s exercise was mostly a tidy up and actually, I am generally happy with that on the understanding that I don’t actually have to getContinue reading “917 – Gardening”