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I’ve really only just begun to read about this period in our history. Last night, we watched a film that portrayed the time of Mary, Queen of Scots in the period up to her execution. Obviously, there must have been some poetic licence in the film but there were also parts of the film thatContinue reading “1510 – The Elizabethan Era”

So my apologies for a short post today, I’ve spent most of it in bed, as I’m haven’t been feeling too good. Really just a bad head cold (man-flu) luckiluy Elayne has been very sympathetic (tolerant) and I’ve not had much ribbing from her. frustrating day. We had intended to drive around to Southsea, spendContinue reading “1509 – Yuck!”

As you might guess, the picture has nothing to do with thse shop in question. I thought I had a picture of all of the shops on Stoke Road, apparently not. There’s a particular shop that sells second hand and antique items and I have to be honest, based upon what I see in theContinue reading “1508 – An Interesting shop”

I’m reading a book about Queen Elizabeth I. I’m not that far in to the book, but I have been thinking about who and what comes next, so here’s a brief timeline and rough dates; I’m not sure what I am going to do when I reach the end of Charles I reign, but IContinue reading “1507 – History”

I’ve just done a quick, rough count through my blog, and there are over 100 posts where I mention vlogging in one context or another. Now if I do that again in the future, obviously just by including the term “Vlog” here, it will show up in any future search. So the question I amContinue reading “1506 – Am I being silly?”

In a way, a lazy day. I don’t think we unlocked the front door until this afternoon. I have spent much of the day either in front of the computer or reading a book. I learned about the Harris Matrix, this is a method documenting on a timeline how an archaeological site was built, usedContinue reading “1505 – A day of Landscapes, politics, monarchy.”

There’s no particular link with this picture. Because of my desire to vlog, quite a while ago I started experimenting with microphones external to the iphone. Lapel Mics, known as lavalier mics are small and easy to use, but they are a bit frustrating because the clips on them are a bit frail, and IContinue reading “1504 – Frustration with Microphones”

I’ve written several times since I started this blog, about my little project I call “Locality”. What it does is bring various hobbies and interests of mine together to be be applied to a study of the local area, hence Locality. If there is one thing that Locality is about it is landscapes, not justContinue reading “1503 – Locality Landscapes”

I’ve just looked back at what I wrote for Christmas 2023. The joy of this year is the addition of our GrandDaughter. Elayne once again produced a delicious meal, and we are mostly tidied after a bit of a chaotic day, which I have to say was enjoyed by all. I hope you had aContinue reading “1502 – Merry Christmas”

So, it has happened again. On the book front. I ordered a book; The making of the English Landscape by WG Hoskins, it arrived earlier than Amazon was saying it would, I wouldn’t complain about that. We were sat at the breakfast table when I opened the package, it was a hazard back version ofContinue reading “1501 – Landscapes”