Mavis is going to flip when she gets back from Germany and sees my new model train in the garden. Not necessarily in a good way, mind you – it’s possible she’ll be bowled over with horror, especially when she sees what I had to do to her hellebores to set up the track through …
I asked Master Tiger Sun the other day if we were ever going to learn how to use martial arts to control the elements. He laughed and said that wasn’t actually possible…using Albajerian methods. Shaolin monks were the ones to talk to about that; his methods were about harnessing one’s inner spirit animal. Gosh, I …
I can’t help being an information hoarder. I think it’s just the way I was born. I vacuum up information like a cleaner of the vacuum persuasion then use none of it because I’m too busy vacuuming up other bits of information. I’m on my twenty-seventh night class, and I’ve utterly aced every single one. …
Absolutely cracking episode of Lizard’s Lair last night! Honestly, I’m not even mad anymore than it stole The Great Australian Trade-Off’s timeslot. Now I can watch them both, one after the other, for a truly amazing evening of entertainment. Of course, the star of the show was ‘RALPH’, or ‘Robotic Automated Lonely People Helper’. He’s …
LARP-ing enthusiasts have it rough, you know. The world has no understanding of our passions, and neither is it built for us. Here we are just innocently dressing up as characters from Bored of the Rings and looking for a dark castle to explore, or a hidden fairy vale, and how many of those are …
What good is a view if you don’t have a beautiful opening to witness it through? Okay, maybe I’m being a tad provocative here. I’m aware that this is not a popular opinion, and that many people believe the opposite to be true: that a great view is best framed by a large, simple window, …
Ah, yes… this is the life. Nothing beats a day at the tip, looking for boat parts with my cousin Gavin. I’m not even being facetious here. Gavin has a way of somehow making even the most dreary and inane activity seem like fun. I honestly don’t know how he does it, especially with regard …
I always used to get compliments on my feet. That might sound weird to some people, but when you’re in a ballet class, feet are a pretty central focus of everyone’s attention. It’s normal for those blessed with high arches, natural turn-out and a sense of balanced weight transfer to get attention for those things. …
Agapanthus are a fine choice for greenery. Today we help Brooke M with her question about agapanthus. We enlisted the help of two experts, our usual gardening expert Leroy James, and colour consultant Patricia Wright. Brooke reached out to us via text to ask her question. While we do enjoy hearing the buzz of a …
Harry just informed me that he’s moving to the USA. Given that he’s ten, combined with my distinct absence of desire to move there, that’s unlikely to happen any time soon. I’m essentially humouring him because I want him to keep writing to his pen pal. I’ve always thought it nice for kids to have …