Category Archives: personal blog

I am reading a book that I’ve wanted to read for quite a long time. I’ve hunted for it several times and then a couple of weeks ago whilst browsing Amazon, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written by The Venerable Bede in the year 735. I can no more explain to you whyContinue reading “257/366 Book of the Week”

I don’t think that I should be rewarded for going out on the walks. But, sometimes things happen, and I think of it as a reward. I won’t deny that one of the main reasons I went out for a walk today was to visit my Jelly Fish in the Cockle Ponds. I wanted toContinue reading “256/366 The rewards of a walk”

This is one of several pictures I’ve taken this week that really appeals to me. The picture was taken at the Cockle Ponds on one of my morning walks. It is a favourite picture because the reflection of the tree is almost perfect, not quite but good enough. The frustrating thing is that I couldn’tContinue reading “255/366 Favourite Pictures”

Don’t worry, I am only going to beat myself up about missing a night a little bit. There are two really annoying things about this; the fact I did it and a counter. Until that day the counter has been nicely ticking along. The next day it had reset. Going from 250 to 1. TheContinue reading “254/366 What a week.”

We have this cup holder. It’s been causing me problems. Why is that? You might unreasonably ask. Well, our cups tend to come in pairs. There are three hooks at each level. It just doesn’t work. I had thoughts of keeping any pairs off the stand. That doesn’t work, you pretty much always end upContinue reading “253/366 The Feng Shui of the cup holder”

I think that writing for a blog can be a bit like catching a bus. You stand there for hours and nothing comes along. Then, out of the blue two of them turn up (I know, the traditional saying is three, but two fits my story better). Last night, I tried writing a blog andContinue reading “252/366 People Photography”

OK, so I messed up. I started drafting last night’s article and then got distracted, so I ended up not posting the article. For the first time in 250 nights, I didn’t post. I am so angry with myself. Anyhow, I took this picture this morning. I thought it would be interesting to look inContinue reading “251/366 The Life of the Moon Jelly Fish”

There was one particular story in this month’s issue (No. 251) Tish’s True north is a story of her life. It’s story of poverty and deprivation and the kids that were growing up in that life. There was another story, Home Truths by Jesse Lenz writing about a carefree childhood in Ohio. This was theContinue reading “250/366 B&W Photography”

I really should have gone for a walk today. Once again, the weather has been perfect. I confess we spent a lot of time in the garden. Once again, not gardening, just enjoying the setting, and of course the birds. I had every intention of going out, and did go and get the papers. ButContinue reading “249/366 Oh Dear!”

Definitely a European Goldfinch. We’ve spent a lot of time out in the garden today, not gardening, just enjoying being outside. The weather has been magnificent. I really should have gone for a walk, but we had things on, and I didn’t have time. Tomorrow. When we first moved in to this house, we wereContinue reading “248/366 Birds”