This is the story of how I discovered Gilbert White. Because of my work, we moved from Cambridgeshire to Gosport. Elayne’s family live in South London. The easiest route to visit them is to travel north on the A3. Just to the north of Petersfield is the only roundabout on the A3 outside the M25.Continue reading “2046 – About The Letters to Steve”
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2040 – Facebook’s Baleful Glare
We had a bit of excitement today. A colony of bees decided it would quite like to live in our silver birch tree. More on that story in the next Letter to Steve. Every so often, I get big pangs of guilt about Facebook. Mainly, that I haven’t been posting there. The rot set inContinue reading “2040 – Facebook’s Baleful Glare”
2024 – Letter to Steve XVII
Dear Steve, The Focus of Gilbert’s letter this week are fish and reptiles. I’m really not in a position to write in detail on either of these, so I take it as an opportunity for some poetic license, jumping around the topic space. We have lived here for a little under twelve years. When weContinue reading “2024 – Letter to Steve XVII”
2023 – Composting Bill
I had the thought that the Compost Bins were not doing very well at all. So, I became determined to stir things up. I learned something. I also wanted to video my activity so that I could perhaps make a vlog out of it. To do that, I set up two cameras: the iPhone onContinue reading “2023 – Composting Bill”
2012 – Camera Club & Vlogging
I’ve now got access to a railway layout that not only has an extensive track system, but also appears to be an active community as well. My Insta360 GO 3S with a close-up lens allows me to get right down into the action. I’m sure I can find some stories here. I’m ignoring the factContinue reading “2012 – Camera Club & Vlogging”
2010 – Letter to Steve XV – From Ants to Stars
Dear Steve, I found it very difficult to respond directly to Gilbert’s Letter XV. His world was very different to ours. If I see something like an unusual bird, I’d want to photograph it, and then use the internet to learn about the bird, in the meantime is hopefully working on its nest. Gilbert’s response,Continue reading “2010 – Letter to Steve XV – From Ants to Stars”
2008 – An unusual Day
On Monday, I suggested to Elayne that I was thinking that it might be interesting to volunteer to work in a charity shop. I was thinking that I would later in the year, say around late September. Time to give us both a chance to get used to the idea. Elayne went and did herContinue reading “2008 – An unusual Day”
2004 – The Whistler Room at Mottisfont
The Smoking urn by Rex Whistler, in the Whistler Room at Mottisfont The Whistler Room at Mottisfont Today, I had what I can officially class as an amazing experience of an artist whose talent was truly out of this world, Rex Whistler. The basics are simple and a story in their own right. He wasContinue reading “2004 – The Whistler Room at Mottisfont”
2002 – Writers Flood?
What’s the opposite of writer’s block, where you freeze because you can’t think of anything to write about? Perhaps Writers Flood? You might think the opposite is, well…just write as normal. But, what if there is so much going through your brain that you can’t make up your mind what to write about? In aContinue reading “2002 – Writers Flood?”
1997 – Model railways – More than just trains
I’d like to point you towards a YouTube Channel run by a chap who labels himself as SirDork. He shoots pictures of toys, but in a special kind of way, making scenes involving action. I’d highly recommend that you take a look at his channel:https://www.youtube.com/@sirdork730I’d quite like to do something similar, but I’m not sureContinue reading “1997 – Model railways – More than just trains”
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