It is indeed very strange. Last night there was a thunderstorm of almost tropical proportions (and just after I might add we had watered and fed the garden (thus proving you can never win them all)). The plants are coming along quite well, Mel has harvested her magnificent marrow (and it is now temporarily residing Read more about strange weather we are having….[…]
So this weekend was spent catching up with my old Friend Nichy from university. I went to pick her up from the station on Saturday morning and we had lunch in the cafe behind the church in Oxford (we were going to go to the vault and the walled gardens but they were serving large Read more about A weekend to remeber[…]
Nichy will be here this time tomorrow, I cannot wait to see her, it has been scandalously long, in fact possibly dating back to those halcyon days when we had Chaucer and medieval lit lectures together at University. Tonight I think will be spent mostly tidying up for her visit. Last night I tried to Read more about The hour approaches….[…]
My my I am tired, returned from London at about 7 last night and walked home from Radley station. The presentation went well, I think.We were told we were the most innovative out of all of them, which I suppose can only be a good thing. The presentation itself was held at the Natural History Read more about Is this a good idea?[…]
Today is the day of my big meeting in London, I have to say I’m more nervous than I expected to be on such an occasion. We received a list of the people that we are going to be presenting in front of and I’ve met them all at least once (plus the editors for Read more about Coffee and nerves[…]
So I trudged to violin last night despite the fact that I was still quite tired from the weekends activeness (and because of the busy week work wise I couldn’t go in my usual Wednesday slot) only to find the results that Robin was sure would have been uploaded on Friday have not arrived. Not Read more about Results just in…or not[…]
Morning! Its on days like these that I wonder where the weekends go but this week I don’t have that excuse as I did everything possible to get done in a weekend and then some. It all started with an early get up on Saturday to head down to Steventon for the first day of Read more about Monday, Monday here again[…]
Went to the post office last night to pick up my parcels and it was a book on canal/barge ware which I’d ordered from Amazon (the eventual thought was to do a new number sign for the house with a rose theme) and my drop spindle, which it turns out is made by Ashford the Read more about Mystery parcels revealed[…]
Morning! Yesterday was a bit of a mincy day but I have recovered sufficiently to greet today with a smile. The title of this post refer to two things. Firstly that I have to phone the bee lady to see when I can next go and see Queen Elizabeth the 1st (my queen) and the Read more about To bee or not to bee[…]
No self sufficiency whatsoever last night as instead on a Tuesday I attend rapper practice in a little village hall in the middle of North Morton. Last night was no exception and I went along, as usual the girls were all in high spirits and had indeed brought high spirits with them in the form Read more about Gin, gin, gin[…]